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folksy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective folksy has 2 senses
- folksy(s = adj.all) cracker-barrel, homespun - characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
- folksy(s = adj.all) Array - very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style" Derived form noun folks2
CIDE DICTIONARY
folksy, adj.
- same as cracker-barrel. [WordNet 1.5]
- very informal and familiar; as, a folksy radio commentator; a folksy style. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
folksy, adj. (folksier, folksiest)
1 friendly, sociable, informal.
2 a having the characteristics of folk art, culture, etc. b ostensibly or artificially folkish.
1 friendly, sociable, informal.
2 a having the characteristics of folk art, culture, etc. b ostensibly or artificially folkish.
Derivative
folksiness n.
THESAURUS
folksy
Bohemian, affable, casual, cordial, degage, easy, easygoing, familiar, free and easy, gracious, haymish, homely, homey, informal, irregular, loose, natural, offhand, offhanded, plain, relaxed, simple, sociable, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unstudied
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