tweedy

[ twee-dee ]

/ ˈtwi di /

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adjective, tweed·i·er, tweed·i·est.

made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.

wearing or favoring tweeds, especially as a mark of a casual, sporty, or intellectual way of life, as at college or in the country: a tweedy sportswoman.

accustomed to, preferring, or characterized by the wearing of tweeds, as in genteel country life or academia: a large and tweedy colony of civil servants and government officials.

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Origin of tweedy

First recorded in 1910–15; tweed + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM tweedy

tweed·i·ness, noun

Words nearby tweedy

Tweeddale, tweedle, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Tweedsmuir, Tweed, William Marcy, tweedy, 'tween, tweenager, 'tween deck, tweeny, tweeps

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How to use tweedy in a sentence

Pretty is played here, with tweedy purposefulness, by Carey Mulligan.
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Mike Tweedy, a government employee in Georgia, resolved to leave Mormonism in 2007.
God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is…|Michael Schulson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It used to be that you could not research these things adequately,” Tweedy told me.
God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is…|Michael Schulson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tweedy had gone online to research a small discrepancy in a pair of Mormon texts.
God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is…|Michael Schulson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He was the kind of Ole Miss graduate who came out so studiedly tweedy that he made Harvard Law men look flamboyant.
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In 1997, Jeff Tweedy introduced “Color Me Impressed” by saying, “Everything we do is based on the Replacements.”
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The name of a decisive battle (forgotten), frequently remembered by a decisive officer, major Brian Cooper Tweedy (remembered).
Ulysses|James Joyce
A bend flory and counterflory will be found in the arms of Fellows, a quartering of Tweedy.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Wherever a Veitch and a Tweedy met, they fought, and fought to kill.
Highways and Byways in The Border|Andrew Lang
Same house as Molly's namesake, Tweedy, crown solicitor for Waterford.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Pride of Calpe's rocky mount, the ravenhaired daughter of Tweedy.
Ulysses|James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for tweedy

tweedy

/ (ˈtwiːdɪ) /

adjective tweedier or tweediest

of, made of, or resembling tweed

showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds

Derived forms of tweedy

tweediness, noun

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