Elderly
Elderly adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Old-fashioned and elderly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old-fashioned" instead an adjective "Elderly".
Nearby Word: elder
Old-fashioned
Old-fashioned adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.
Elderly and old-fashioned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elderly" instead an adjective phrase "Old-fashioned".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- old and elderly
- old and old-fashioned
- antique and elderly
- antique and old-fashioned
- antiquated and elderly
- antiquated and old-fashioned
- ancient and elderly
- ancient and old-fashioned
- archaic and elderly
- archaic and old-fashioned
- obsolete and elderly
- obsolete and old-fashioned
- bygone and elderly
- bygone and old-fashioned
Both words in one sentence
- Wuffles, the elderly dog of Havelock Vetinari, refers to his owner quite literally as "the god", which another dog remarks is considered old-fashioned.
Source: Xenofiction - The protagonist of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Mr Quin is the elderly, and rather old-fashioned in manners, Mr Sattherthwaite.
Source: No Name Given / Literature -
Justified, as he's both a medical doctor and rather elderly, from a city where old-fashioned styles tend to be respected rather than sneered at.
Source: Bowties Are Cool
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