nostalgically

C2
adv Freq #142694

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a nostalgic manner

    they spent an hour together, talking nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road

  2. 2
    adv

    In a nostalgic manner.

    Nostalgically, Bill Feingold intones the excruciating litany. “Having your tongue torn out, and your throat cut across,” he rumbles, recalling words memorized on a New York City rooftop 38 years ago.

Etymology

From nostalgic + -ally.

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