I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1.
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era : ancient , antiquated
wears an old-fashioned black bow tie — Green Peyton
old-fashioned houses, with their ornamental cornices and high gables — American Guide Series: Michigan
men with the old-fashioned hellfire in their sermons — Atlantic
suggested reviving old-fashioned home and classroom discipline with physical punishment — New York Times
b. : adhering to traditions or standards of a past era : conservative
my mother's family … more old-fashioned, more pious, and in a word more Victorian even than the English county families of the time — Harold Nicolson
c. : reminiscent of the past : nostalgic , quaint
two editions, one of them bound in old-fashioned blue gingham — H.H.Reichard
attendants carried old-fashioned bouquets — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union
2. : out of date : supplanted by something more modern : obsolete
thirty old-fashioned propeller planes — J.A.Michener
old-fashioned methods for making maple sugar — Murray Schumach
propaganda — the old-fashioned name for psychological warfare — George Fischer
3. dialect chiefly England : of a mature or intelligent nature : knowing
the collie … had turned on him an old-fashioned eye — John Buchan
4. : growing wild : of early hybrid origin — used especially of a rose
• old-fash·ioned·ly adverb
II. adverb
Etymology: old-fashioned (I)
1. dialect chiefly England : in a knowing way : quizzically
2. : in an outmoded way : quaintly
a dress … cut kind of old-fashioned — J.B.Benefield
III. noun
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Etymology: old-fashioned (cocktail)
1. : a cocktail usually made of whiskey, bitters, sugar, a twist of lemon peel, and a small amount of water or soda, served with ice, and often garnished with fruit (as orange, pineapple, maraschino cherry)
2. : a short broad glass usually with a flared top, a sham bottom, and a capacity of seven or eight ounces