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  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.
• Old Style
  Old Style

  noun

  the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar Compare New Style

old style

American  

noun

1. Printing. Also oldstyle a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.

2. (initial capital letters) time reckoned according to the Julian calendar.

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adjective

1. Typography. Also old-style noting or descriptive of a font of numerals of which some part extends below the baseline.

Old Style ¹ British  

noun

1. the former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar Compare New Style

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old style ² British  

noun

1. printing a type style reviving the characteristics of old face

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Etymology

Origin of old style

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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old style Old Style

I am a little bit more old style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

“Similar grass to what we play at home. Similar kind of old style, tree-lined golf course, which is what I grew up on.”

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 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

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

Cubs fans and optimism have traditionally gone together like Old Style beer and taste buds.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2016

The will was made May 9, Old Style, the very day of his decease, when he "feeling himself very weake and drawing on to the conclusion of his mortal life spake as followeth."

From William Bradford of Plymouth by Albert Hale Plumb