If you feel nostalgic, you think affectionately about experiences you had in the past. Many people were nostalgic for the good old days + nostalgically nos·tal·gi·cal·ly People look back nostalgically on the war period, simply because everyone pulled together. if you feel nostalgic about a time in the past, you feel happy when you remember it, and in some ways you wish that things had not changed
Nostalgic things cause you to think affectionately about the past. Although we still depict nostalgic snow scenes on Christmas cards, winters are now very much warmer Somehow the place even smelt wonderfully nostalgic