tweedy
- adjective
- /ˈtwiːdi/
- He wore a tweedy jacket that seemed to reflect the colors of the autumn leaves.
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Examples
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So comfortable, and I like the way they look with big, tweedy coats and lumpy, cozy sweaters.
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They're both like Tweedy type skirts with some kind of metallic threading and sequins in.
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I was curled up on the couch, a low orange-yellow thing in that tweedy material from the 1960s and 1970s, crying my heart out.
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The instant we reached the third floor—one large attic room full of a tweedy, dusty darkness—we were hugging again, kissing, and stumbling toward her bed.
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The fabric of her new dress had a lovely tweedy texture that felt warm and inviting.
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At the party, everyone admired his tweedy trousers which complemented his countryside style.
Synonyms
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Soft and covered with thick hair like a sheep
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Made from wool to keep warm
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A cloth with small raised bumps that feels rough
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A cloth that has small raised bumps on its surface
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Made at home and often rough looking
An animal or thing with a thick soft coat of wool
Covered in small tufts of wool that make it look shaggy
Fabric with a rough, uneven surface made by thick, irregular threads
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Etymology
Tweedy comes from the fabric tweed, a rough, warm wool cloth linked with Scotland's River Tweed, and one story says a seller misread the Scots word tweel, which means 'twill'. So tweedy means 'like tweed' and describes something rough, woolly, and warm.