tweedy
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˈtwiːdi/
:
campestre
- Mr. Loden had long brown hair—long enough to touch his shirt collar—and he wore gold-rimmed glasses and tweedy suits.
I got a call from another British catastrophist, Tweedy gentleman Phil Clapham.
- I got a call from another British catastrophist, Tweedy gentleman Phil Clapham.
Examples
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A tweedy young man waved an "Earth First" placard.
Fiction book (2001) -
She favored tweedy, classic clothing.
Academic text (2009) -
He was a tweedy, bearded man who liked to rub his stomach when he talked.
Fiction book (1994) -
There's nothing stuffy, tweedy, or even old-fashioned about the original Sherlock Holmes.
Blog text (29) -
Her father and older brothers fished in Maine, and she liked to wear ripped jeans, flannel shirts, and stroll along beside the tweedy Harvard crowd with languid grace.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dressed in his tweedy jacket, he looked every bit the part of a country squire.
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The tweedy attire of the guests gave the garden party a relaxed, rustic charm.
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At the annual event, she wore a tweedy outfit that perfectly matched the countryside setting.
Synonyms
14
5.8
Being friendly and informal in a simple way like a village neighbor
2
5.6
Friendly and informal in a simple, traditional way
Antonyms
How Traditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tweedy also came to mean a country, old-fashioned style because people who spent time in the countryside often wore tweed jackets for hunting and outdoor life. So tweedy now suggests 'traditional', 'outdoorsy', or a bit 'old-fashioned'.