old-fashioned

Definition

  • adjective: of or relating to the past
  • adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era
  • synonyms: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate)

Examples

  • His views on the role of women in society are terribly 'old-fashioned'.

  • I feel like listening to some good 'old-fashioned' rock ‘n’ roll.

  • She worked hard and became successful 'the old-fashioned way'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Alexei, divorce is one thing. Dinner is quite another. You Petersburgers think yourselves so de bon ton compared with dull, old-fashioned Moscow. But we know how to do things. Only the other day, I hear Vasya Pryachnikov fought a duel with Kvitsky and killed him. Well, what... (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina