old style
noun
Also oldstyle a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
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old style
Americannoun
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Printing. Also oldstyle a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
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(initial capital letters) time reckoned according to the Julian calendar.
adjective
Old Style
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British
noun
old style
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British
noun
Etymology
Origin of old style
First recorded in 1865–70
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I am a little bit more old style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
This was an old style innings, not a muscular modern marvel.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
"I feel bored with the old style of politics," said Napat Sinakasa, a 23-year-old software developer and second-time voter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
But Schoenberg said he often longed to write in the old style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
A Langley engineer in the old style, Pearson had graduated from Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts and started work at the lab in 1930.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
A guitar modification designed by Reuben Cox at Old Style Guitar Shop was a secret weapon in the music world — until Orangewood started manufacturing its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Called The Old Style Raiders, it bridges the gap between Treays' raucous early material and his new, more reflective outlook.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2022
At Bernie’s, on the corner of Clark and Waveland, I nursed one last Old Style on the back patio and watched the final inning.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
Anheuser-Busch was made the team’s exclusive beer partner, pushing out Old Style, a regional staple affiliated with the team for 60 years.
From Time ● Nov. 3, 2016
Ascenders, height above body, 57; in "Cheltenham Old Style" type, 71; in Gothic, 131; in Blackletters, 135.
From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown
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