archaically
In outdated manner
In an old-fashioned or outdated manner, evoking earlier times.
The word typically describes language, style, or practices that belong to an earlier era: The document was archaically worded.
It can also suggest deliberate use of antiquated forms: He spoke archaically, as if from another century.
In times past
- classicallyIn established, traditional manner
- biblicallyIn scriptural manner
- medievallyIn feudal-era style
- historicallyIn past times
etymologically · forsooth · thee · thou · hath · doth · verily · wherefore
In times past
- prehistoricallyBefore recorded history
- primordiallyIn earliest existing manner
- feudallyIn medieval landholding manner
- imperiallyIn a royal manner
colonially · monarchically · tribally · ancestrally · hereditarily · traditionally · ceremonially · ritually
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintlyWith old-fashioned charm
- anachronisticallyIn temporally displaced fashion
unfashionably · mustily · stuffily · stodgily · stiffly · formally · stiltedly · pedantically
anciently
In times past
- classicallyIn established, traditional manner
- biblicallyIn scriptural manner
- medievallyIn feudal-era style
historically · etymologically · forsooth · thee · thou · hath · doth · verily · wherefore · prithee
anciently
In times past
- prehistoricallyBefore recorded history
- primordiallyIn earliest existing manner
- feudallyIn medieval landholding manner
imperially · colonially · monarchically · tribally · ancestrally · hereditarily · traditionally · ceremonially · ritually
obsolete
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintlyWith old-fashioned charm
anachronistically · unfashionably · mustily · stuffily · stodgily · stiffly · formally · stiltedly · pedantically · primly
archaicallymodernly
In present-day manner
contemporarily · currently · presently · recently · freshly
archaicallycolloquially
In casual speech
informally · vernacularly · trendily · fashionably · slangily
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