datedly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dated +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

datedly (comparative more datedly, superlative most datedly)

  1. In a dated manner.
    • 1983, Harry Blamires, A guide to twentieth century literature in English, page 71:
      The comedy Bird in the Hand (1927) plays neatly and amusingly, if tritely and datedly, with the stubborn class-consciousness and inverted pride of a country landlord whose daughter falls in love with the local squire's son.