old-worldly

adjective

old-fashioned, reminiscent of a bygone era.

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Meanings

adjectiveold-worldly (comparative more old-worldly, superlative most old-worldly)

comparative more old-worldly · superlative most old-worldly

  1. old-fashioned, reminiscent of a bygone era.

    David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself.

    1984 December 15, Nancy Walker, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5
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APA

old-worldly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-worldly

MLA

“old-worldly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-worldly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “old-worldly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-worldly.

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