folksy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From folks + -y or folk + -sy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -əʊksi
Adjective
[edit]folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)
- Characteristic of simple country life.
- Informal, affable and familiar.
- 2013 September 30, Dennis Overbye, “Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.
Synonyms
[edit]- (affable and familiar): chummy
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]characteristic of simple country life
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informal: affable and familiar