nostalgicallyadv.
/nɒˈstaldʒᵻkli/, U.S. /nəˈstældʒək(ə)li/, /nɔsˈtældʒək(ə)li/, /nɑsˈtældʒək(ə)li/ In a nostalgic manner or mood; in evocation of the past.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [adverb] > in a reminiscent manner
reminiscently1849
for old sake's sake1857
nostalgically1888
memory lane1903
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > nostalgically
nostalgically1888
1888 H. James Let. 23 Mar. (1980) 228 I..am ever nostalgically yours.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. xi. 298 A long time he sat there, nostalgically bemused, strangely unwilling to move.
1945 John o' London's Weekly 24 Aug. 216 Its style of binding is nostalgically akin to that of those A.A. handbooks which one used to find (sometimes) in seaside hotels.
1989 A. C. Amor William Holman Hunt ix. 127 He ate a solitary meal of grapes and bread, thinking nostalgically of his friends at home in England.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1888