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folksiness

  • a word derived from folksy.
    folksy
    adjective
    friendly or neighborly; sociable.

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In 2008, John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who entranced the GOP elites with her good looks and her plain-spoken, rural folksiness, seemed to be their dream come true.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

When I finally exited the interstate and visited downtown, which has a very walkable 23-block commercial core lined mostly with historic, two-story brick buildings, I found a rough-edged folksiness I fell in love with.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019

Sam Rockwell finds a funny, relaxed folksiness in George W. Bush, and Tyler Perry is effective as a concerned Colin Powell.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2018

He conveys the smooth and slightly cloying folksiness of someone who has been around a lot of politicians.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2018

A town in the middle of Indiana would be, in its folksiness and local color as well as its struggles, a foil for that far-away glamour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2017