antiquelyadv.
/anˈtiːkli/, U.S. /ænˈtikli/ 1. In an antique style or antiquated manner.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adverb] > types of artistic treatment or style
antiquely1604
sweetly1662
broadly1875
Japonically1889
1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. D3 Directly aboue this, in a square Table, were portrayed two Kings, reuerently and antiquely attyrde.
1774 Whimsical Repository Aug. 19/2 The company..consisted of an elderly gentleman, very singularly, and antiquely habited.
1870 G. A. Townsend Lost Abroad xii. 113 He mounted two pairs of stairs..and entered a room to the left, where, to his surprise, a large company of antiquely dressed gentlemen were dining.
1909 Poet Lore 20 376 Opinions so antiquely flavored that even he suspects that they must have lost currency at least fifteen or twenty years ago.
2011 T. Keneally Three Famines viii. 107 Machine guns slaughtered the antiquely armed Ethiopian army.
2. In or since ancient times. rare.In quot. 1868, hyperbolical and humorous.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago
yorec900
for longOE
langer1303
long agoc1350
far1362
for yorea1375
of yore ago(ne)a1375
long time1376
of olda1393
anciently1502
langsyne?a1513
oldlya1513
in old season1582
old1609
antiquely1652
then-a-days1688
(the) year one1754
way back1870
in yore1876
way back when1921
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 72 Antiquely founded and grounded upon the idolatrous Oracles of the Pagans.
1868 Good Words Aug. 516/2 He issued from the privileged enclosure, wiping his freshly greasy mouth on his antiquely greasy sleeve.
2008 J. Staub 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden 23 The true culinary bay laurel..is antiquely native to the Mediterranean, India, and Africa alone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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