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tweedy

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tweed⋅y

  [twee-dee]
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–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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1910–15; tweed + -y 1

Related forms:
tweed⋅i⋅ness, noun
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tweed·y   (twē'dē)   
adj.   tweed·i·er, tweed·i·est

  1. Made of tweed.

  2. Wearing tweeds.

  3. Informal Suggestive of casual, informal taste, habits, and lifestyle: "He's rumpled and tweedy ... if he were preparing to drink a martini, he might casually stir it with his finger" (Phil McCombs).

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