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Princeton's WordNet

  1. old fashionedadjective

    a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices

  2. antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passeeadjective

    out of fashion

    "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

GCIDE

  1. old-fashionednoun

    A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.

Wiktionary

  1. old-fashionednoun

    A whiskey-based cocktail

  2. old-fashionedadjective

    Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.

    My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.

  3. old-fashionedadjective

    Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

    You can't stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.

  4. Etymology: old + fashioned

ChatGPT

  1. old-fashioned

    Old-fashioned refers to something that is no longer considered modern, up-to-date, or in style; it is often associated with or suggestive of a previous time period or era. This term can be applied to various aspects like clothing, ideas, language, habits, methods, technology, or even appliances and furniture. While sometimes it can carry a negative connotation of being outdated or obsolete, it can also imply timeless elegance, tradition, or classic style.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'old-fashioned' in Adjectives Frequency: #914

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of old-fashioned in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of old-fashioned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of old-fashioned in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt:

    He's very much an old fashioned gentleman, and an optimist, he's known for raising his hand about the downside of technology, but he's really optimistic about technology in the future and how it can improve democracy.

  2. Jeremy Wladis:

    I like to see a whole menu, i'm old fashioned.

  3. Scott Tremor:

    Not only is this discovery a perfect example of the importance of good old-fashioned natural history field work, but we have the opportunity to develop a conservation plan based on our findings, the ability to take our research and turn it into tangible conservation efforts is thrilling. It is a commitment to preserving the uniqueness of the Baja California Peninsula.

  4. Anita Loos:

    If we have to tell Hollywood good-by, it may be with one of those tender, old-fashioned, seven-second kisses exchanged between two people of the opposite sex, with all their clothes on.

  5. Carly Fiorina:

    I didn't put it on Twitter, I didn't announce it anywhere, it was just me sharing who I am. I'm old-fashioned and I have different views than others, but it's just the way that I feel in reference to the presidency.


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