Old-worldly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Adjective
- 1 old-fashioned, reminiscent of a bygone era.
"David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself."
Example
More examples"David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself."
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