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nos·tal·gi·a

 (nŏ-stăl′jə, nə-)
n.
1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.
[Greek nostos, a return home; see nes- in Indo-European roots + -algia.]
nos·tal′gic (-jĭk) adj.
nos·tal′gi·cal·ly adv.
nos·tal′gist n.
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nostalgically

(nɒˈstældʒɪkəlɪ)
adv
in a way that is characterized by nostalgia
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.nostalgically - in a nostalgic manner; "they spent an hour together, talking nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road"
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Translations
بِحَنِنِيَّةٍ إلى الوَطَن
nostalgicky
nosztalgikusan
á nostalgískan/angurværan hátt
nostalgicky
özlemle

nostalgically

[nɒˈstældʒɪkəli] adv [look back] → avec nostalgie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nostalgically

adv → nostalgisch; (= wistfully) → wehmütig; they look back nostalgically to the war → sie blicken mit Nostalgie auf den Krieg zurück
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nostalgia

(noˈstӕldʒə) noun
a longing for past times. She felt a great nostalgia for her childhood.
noˈstalgic adjective
noˈstalgically adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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