Definitions

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  • adjective informal Resembling or characteristic of antiques.

Etymologies

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antique +‎ -y

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Examples

  • "I really wanted something that looked 'antiquey' and unique," she says of the sparkler, which consists of a pink tourmaline stone, floral detailing, and a platinum band.

    People.com Latest News 2010

  • "I really wanted something that looked 'antiquey' and unique," she says of the sparkler, which consists of a pink tourmaline stone, floral detailing, and a platinum band.

    People.com Latest News David Caplan 2010

  • "I really wanted something that looked 'antiquey' and unique," she says of the sparkler, which consists of a pink tourmaline stone, floral detailing, and a platinum band.

    People.com Latest News 2010

  • "I really wanted something that looked 'antiquey' and unique," she says of the sparkler, which consists of a pink tourmaline stone, floral detailing, and a platinum band.

    People.com Latest News David Caplan 2010

  • A long antiquey table against the wall; a framed lacquer image of a deer given to Richard and Pat Nixon during a 1950s goodwill trip they made to Vietnam at the request of President Eisenhower.

    In new book, David Eisenhower, wife Julie mine memories of Ike's twilight years Manuel Roig-Franzia 2010

  • Ms. ROBERTS: And that the coffee table is terrible and not historic and sort of antiquey enough.

    A Casual Encounter With The Week's News 2010

  • Very antiquey (ph) and feel with pave diamonds and that's about a, just over a on caret diamond, there.

    CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2008 2008

  • So here's an up-to-date photo (using an antiquey filter), for those of you planning on meeting me in New York in two weeks (two weeks!)

    surreal botany a holiday recommendation at chasing ray jlundberg 2008

  • And the overall vision is both sybaritic-rocker and a little antiquey — a cabinet with a biscuit sign, wooden toilets.

    Where the Air Is Rarefied 2007

  • Presto! — your own personal (and very antiquey looking) Jesus!

    Meet the New Pope, Worse Than the Old Pope | PopPolitics.com 2005

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