- folksy folk·sy adj
- ['fəʊksɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl (often pej: person) senza pretese, (art, humour) popolare
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
folksy folk·sy adj
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folksy — folk•sy [[t]ˈfoʊk si[/t]] adj. si•er, si•est 1) friendly or neighborly; sociable 2) very informal; familiar; unceremonious: The politician affected a folksy style[/ex] • Etymology: 1850–55, amer. folk′si•ness, n … From formal English to slang
folksy — folk|sy [ˈfəuksi US ˈfou ] adj informal 1.) especially AmE friendly and informal ▪ The town had a certain folksy charm. 2.) in a style that is typical of traditional countryside styles or customs … Dictionary of contemporary English
folksy — adj. (folksier, folksiest) 1 friendly, sociable, informal. 2 a having the characteristics of folk art, culture, etc. b ostensibly or artificially folkish. Derivatives: folksiness n … Useful english dictionary
folksy — [[t]fo͟ʊksi[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something as folksy, you mean that it is simple and has a style characteristic of folk craft and tradition. You sometimes use folksy to show disapproval of something because it seems… … English dictionary
folksy — folksiness, n. /fohk see/, adj., folksier, folksiest. 1. friendly or neighborly; sociable. 2. very informal; familiar; unceremonious: The politician affected a folksy style. 3. belonging to the common people, esp. in regard to a conscious use of… … Universalium
Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the … Wikipedia
earthy — [adj] unsophisticated bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down home*, down to earth*, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard boiled*, home folk*, homely, homey, indelicate, lowbred, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple,… … New thesaurus
