Something such as a style, method, or device that is old-fashioned is no longer used, done, or admired by most people, because it has been replaced by something that is more modern.
The house was dull, old-fashioned and in bad condition.
There are some traditional farmers left who still make cheese the old-fashioned way.
2. adjective
Old-fashioned ideas, customs, or values are the ideas, customs, and values of the past.
She has some old-fashioned values and can be a strict disciplinarian.
...good old-fashioned English cooking.
Synonyms: oldfangled, square [informal], outdated, old More Synonyms of old-fashioned
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old-fashioned in British English
adjective
1.
belonging to, characteristic of, or favoured by former times; outdated
old-fashioned ideas
2.
favouring or adopting the dress, manners, fashions, etc, of a former time
3.
quizzically doubtful or disapproving
she did not reply, but gave him an old-fashioned look
4. Scottish and Northern England dialect
old for one's age
an old-fashioned child
noun
5.
a cocktail containing spirit, bitters, fruit, etc
Derived forms
old-fashionedly (ˌold-ˈfashionedly)
adverb
old-fashioned in American English
(ˈoʊldˈfæʃənd)
adjective
1.
suited to or favoring the styles, methods, manners, or ideas of past times; esp., out-of-date;antiquated; outmoded
noun US
2. [alsoOld-Fashioned]
an iced cocktail containing whiskey, bitters, sweetening, and a small amount of water, and garnished with pieces of fruit
Examples of 'old-fashioned' in a sentence
old-fashioned
It makes its products in an almost old-fashioned way.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is amusing in that old-fashioned way where the characters actually say and do funny things.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He typified the old-fashioned values of rugby that we all bemoan are going.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The solution is good old-fashioned training.
Computing (2010)
The rooms are grand and sumptuous, in an old-fashioned way.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But good old-fashioned signed journalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's a big performance in the old-fashioned style.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is soft pink in the old-fashioned style with a very expensive perfume.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We also need to get back to good old-fashioned teamwork.
The Sun (2010)
Young men can get this new old-fashioned look too.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Contestants are being fêted for doing something old-fashioned and useful.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Rev is a very old-fashioned sitcom about the shortcomings of good people.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What had been dismissed as old-fashioned values are now recognised as arguably the only values in town.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Wimbledon is the one top venue where old-fashioned virtues can still hold good.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They are going to have to fight it the old-fashioned way.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She wrote on the square sheet which we have learned to call old-fashioned.
Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford (1853)
The general public has a more old-fashioned view.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His old-fashioned courtesy and style were a lesson to us all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is a good old-fashioned family saga.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But thanks for enabling me to take part in something refreshingly old-fashioned.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My clients are over anything modern and want old-fashioned things again.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I think it has a rather old-fashioned charm.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We love an old-fashioned sitcom.
The Sun (2011)
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old-fashioned
British English: old-fashioned /ˈəʊldˈfæʃənd/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is old-fashioned is no longer used, done, or believed by most people, because it has been replaced by something that is more modern.