tweedy

[ twee-dee ]

adjective

, tweed·i·er, tweed·i·est.

1. made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.
2. 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.

3. 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.

tweedy

/ ˈtwiːdɪ /

adjective

1. of, made of, or resembling tweed
2. showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds

Derived Forms

• ˈtweediness, noun

Other Words From

• tweedi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweedy¹

First recorded in 1910–15; tweed + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Pretty is played here, with tweedy purposefulness, by Carey Mulligan.

From Time

Mike Tweedy, a government employee in Georgia, resolved to leave Mormonism in 2007.

From The Daily Beast

“It used to be that you could not research these things adequately,” Tweedy told me.

From The Daily Beast

Tweedy had gone online to research a small discrepancy in a pair of Mormon texts.

From The Daily Beast

He was the kind of Ole Miss graduate who came out so studiedly tweedy that he made Harvard Law men look flamboyant.

From The Daily Beast

In 1997, Jeff Tweedy introduced “Color Me Impressed” by saying, “Everything we do is based on the Replacements.”

From The Daily Beast

The name of a decisive battle (forgotten), frequently remembered by a decisive officer, major Brian Cooper Tweedy (remembered).

From Project Gutenberg

A bend flory and counterflory will be found in the arms of Fellows, a quartering of Tweedy.

From Project Gutenberg

Wherever a Veitch and a Tweedy met, they fought, and fought to kill.

From Project Gutenberg

Same house as Molly's namesake, Tweedy, crown solicitor for Waterford.

From Project Gutenberg

Pride of Calpe's rocky mount, the ravenhaired daughter of Tweedy.

From Project Gutenberg