not modern; no longer fashionable
Example:
- old-fashioned clothes/styles/methods/equipment
- These sweets are still made in the old-fashioned way.
- The Winnedumah Hotel has old-fashioned charm.
- His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.
- Critics regarded her films as hopelessly old-fashioned.
- The whole room looked old-fashioned.
- The hotel is quaint and old-fashioned.
Extra examples:
- Wearing a hat is now regarded as rather old-fashioned.
- It was a lovely little old-fashioned cafe.
- The bedroom was full of heavy old-fashioned furniture.
- Working methods in the department were ridiculously old-fashioned until we went over to computers.
- It was plain old-fashioned instinct, the gut feeling that something was wrong.
- old-fashioned notions of honour
Related words and phrases
believing in old or traditional ways; having traditional ideas
Example:
- My parents are old-fashioned about relationships and marriage.
- She wants to be an old-fashioned mother, staying at home and looking after the children.
- Call me old-fashioned, but I still believe in good manners.
- She's somewhat old-fashioned in her attitudes.
- He seemed too old-fashioned and formal.
simple, traditional and good quality
Example:
- At heart, it's just a good old-fashioned detective story.
- What's needed is some good old-fashioned common sense.