folksy
Americanadjective
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friendly or neighborly; sociable.
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very informal; familiar; unceremonious.
The politician affected a folksy style.
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belonging to the common people, especially in regard to a conscious use of mannerisms, speech patterns, attitudes, etc..
folksy humor.
adjective
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of or like ordinary people; sometimes used derogatorily to describe affected simplicity
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informal friendly; affable
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of or relating to folk art
Other Word Forms
- folksiness noun
Etymology
Origin of folksy
Example Sentences
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Bringing it home is Sudeikis’ manner as he shares Ted’s folksy anecdote: it contains not a whit of vanity or gloating at his adversary’s downfall.
From Salon
“It was a lot of fun for him to be on the set,” said Jacoby, who remembers her father cranking out folksy ads often trying to get his own family pictures in the shot.
From Los Angeles Times
The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.
From Los Angeles Times
His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's
There’s a folksy, faux-naïveté to her art, as im “Revelation,” a striking vertical panel in which an ancestor of the artist hides a treasure, then comes to her in a dream to reveal its location.
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