old-world
adjective
of or relating to the ancient world or to a former period of history.
Example Sentences
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Powell, a suburb of the capital Columbus, has a charming and old-worldly feel.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2020
But though you know he’s seething inside, he has an old-worldly dignity that eludes pretty much everyone else.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
She is chosen by a few leaders of perhaps the only old-worldly society left in the U. S. Miss Casanas is the debutante daughter of Banker B. C. Casanas.
From Time Magazine Archive
When, five years ago, Manhattan's Macbeth Gallery gave him his first big metropolitan one-man show, critics were surprised by such old-worldly gusto in a young U.S. painter.
From Time Magazine Archive
She occupied a house which, like herself, was small, scrupulously neat and old-worldly.
From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer
