old-fogyish

Carelessness is engendered by the thought that such work can be handled in a rough and rapid way, and, further, by the ridicule of all these things, which we have learned to be careful about, as old-fogyish, out-of-fashion, and archaic.

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation. E. D. Hardy

Doubtless he is old-fogyish but from his long association with our family he knows the Forsyth traditions and what the head of the House of Forsyth should be.

Red-Robin Jane Abbott

We are thought of, and not infrequently referred to by our contemporaries, as old-fogyish, and out of date.

The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922

It was formed in the beginning by a number of seceders from the local Women's Club, who, disappointed in their office-seeking ambitions and deeming the club old-fashioned and old-fogyish in its ideas, had elected to form an organization of their own.

Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

I was a very old lady - much of my physical strength abated - and old people by reason of age were almost sure to become garrulous, talked too much (if they have impatient kinspeople) and were set in their ways of thinking as well as of saying and doing things, and are old-fogyish in regard to modern methods and activities.

Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth, 1901

I was old-fogyish enough to suppose that in your official capacity you were the servant of the people, and that both

The Democratic Hand Book. 1898. Prepared by the State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina N.C. 1898

Some are lively, some dull, some progressive, some old-fogyish, some moral, some immoral -- the result of the character of the early settlers and leading spirits, of the place in question.

Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897

Page 320 and very old-fogyish in his notions, he did not succeed very well with them, either in governing them or making much of a crop: about a bale to the hand was the extent to which Uncle John ever went, even in the best seasons.

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853

I have noticed that young people are much more apt to be influenced by those only a few years older than themselves than they are by persons whose ideas they may regard as antiquated or old-fogyish. "

Raftmates A Story of the Great River Kirk Munroe 1890