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Meaning of newfangly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Newfangled.

humorous, obsolete

Examples

“He had alſo ſet a prieſt of his and a ſeculer ſeruaunt of his beſyde to by [buy] many of the ſame ſuyte [of books], & double and treble of one ſorte, whiche were by thẽ [them] vttred to diuers yonge ſcholers ſuch as thei founde properly witted, feately lerned, and newfangly mynded.”
“Sounds like one o' them newfangly things they come up with since '87 …”
“You whippersnappers are sumpin else, what with yer newfangly com-poo-ters and compyserve accounts … why, when I was a boy, we had to walk 10 miles in the snow to post to ROFF, and that was in the summer, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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