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old-timey

old-timey adjective: reminiscent or representative of an older time.

Adjective

old-timey (comparative more old-timey or old-timier, superlative most old-timey or old-timiest)

  1. (US, informal) Reminiscent or representative of an older time.
    • Near-synonyms: old-fashioned, antiquated, retro
    • For our Halloween party that year, he wove a whole aesthetic that was maximally retro. He rolled up in an old-timey car, wearing an old-timey outfit, spouting old-timey phrases. It was a magnificent performance.

Examples of old-timey in a sentence

  • One of the main charms of the Southern scene was the number of "old-timey" practices that persisted.1951, Margaret Cussler, Not by a Long Shot: Adventures of a Documentary Film Producer, page 51:
  • Whereas some of the potters making unglazed gardenware have expanded their production, others now also make some "old-timey" utilitarian glazed stoneware.1994, Nancy Sweezy, Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition, page 274:
  • That white man buys up all this old-timey stuff he can get his hands on, all through this country.2000, Nate Shaw, Theodore Rosengarten, All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw, page 524:

Synonyms of old-timey

Forms of old-timey

comparativemore old-timey
comparativeold-timier
superlativemost old-timey
superlativeold-timiest
alternative formold timey

Origin of old-timey

From old-time + -y.

Words formed from old-timey

Questions about old-timey

What does old-timey mean?
Old-timey means reminiscent or representative of an older time.
How do you use old-timey in a sentence?
One of the main charms of the Southern scene was the number of "old-timey" practices that persisted.
What part of speech is old-timey?
Old-timey is an adjective.

Words near old-timey in the dictionary

  1. old-timely
  2. old-timer
  3. old-timer's disease
  4. old-timers
  5. old-timers' disease
  6. old-timey
  7. old-timeyness
  8. old-timier
  9. old-timiest
  10. old-timy
  11. old-wifish

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