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What (who) is nostalgically - definition
nostalgically
see nostalgic
Nostalgic
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SENTIMENTALITY FOR THE PAST
Nostalgic; Nostalgias; Mal du Suisse; Nostalgy; Swiss illness; Nostophobia
·adj Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.
nostalgic
SENTIMENTALITY FOR THE PAST
Nostalgic; Nostalgias; Mal du Suisse; Nostalgy; Swiss illness; Nostophobia
1.
Nostalgic things cause you to think affectionately about the past.
Although we still depict nostalgic snow scenes on Christmas cards, winters are now very much warmer...
Somehow the place even smelt wonderfully nostalgic.
ADJ
2.
If you feel nostalgic, you think affectionately about experiences you had in the past.
Many people were nostalgic for the good old days...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ for/about n
• nostalgically
People look back nostalgically on the war period, simply because everyone pulled together.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
Examples of use of nostalgically
1. "Nostalgically progressive" as one critic described it.
2. McCabe, now a solid maternal citizen, watches nostalgically.
3. "A few years ago you managed not to swear for two days," says he nostalgically.
4. It stands as a warning against nostalgically romanticising the rectitude of the British public servant.
5. If that happens, Moscow officials will find themselves looking back nostalgically at the harmless Dissenters‘ Marches.