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folksy

[ fohk-see ]

adjective

folksier, folksiest.
  1. friendly or neighborly; sociable.
  2. very informal; familiar; unceremonious:

    The politician affected a folksy style.

  3. belonging to the common people, especially in regard to a conscious use of mannerisms, speech patterns, attitudes, etc.:

    folksy humor.



folksy

/ 藞蹿蓹蕣办蝉瑟 /

adjective

  1. of or like ordinary people; sometimes used derogatorily to describe affected simplicity
  2. informal.
    friendly; affable
  3. of or relating to folk art
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿辞濒办蝉颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿辞濒办顎僺颈路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of folksy1

An Americanism dating back to 1850鈥55; folks + -y 1,
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Burke was a brunch regular there, and he was taken with Berger鈥檚 folksy tunes and warm, quirky presence.

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A humorist and actor, his folksy delivery artfully deflated politicians and pomposities.

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The "hobbling" scene鈥攕he uses a sledgehammer to break Paul鈥檚 ankles鈥攅levated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy fa莽ade.

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鈥淢y name is Jimmy Carter, and I鈥檓 running for president,鈥 the initially little-known candidate began each stump speech, always with a folksy grin.

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Famously promising that he would always tell the truth if he won, Carter defeated Ford in a close election in which the Democrat eschewed ideology and instead cultivated an anodyne image as a folksy populist.

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