folksy

English

Etymology

From folks +‎ -y or folk +‎ -sy.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊksi

Adjective

folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)

  1. Characteristic of simple country life.
  2. Informal, affable and familiar.
    • 2013 September 30, Dennis Overbye, “Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.

Synonyms

  • (affable and familiar): chummy

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