tweedy
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| —adj , tweedier, tweediest | |
| 1. | of, made of, or resembling tweed |
| 2. | showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds |
| 'tweediness | |
| —n | |
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Tweedy
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Example sentences
At this point our affable, reedy and somewhat tweedy speaker becomes a bit nervous.
The caricature of the tweedy idealist has yielded to that of the number-obsessed marketer.
But one sector of the population will cheer: book publishers will roll up their tweedy sleeves and shout with joy.
He is studious and tweedy and not given to showing his emotions.
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