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folksy
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folk·sy  (fks)
adj. folk·si·er, folk·si·est Informal
1. Simple and unpretentious in behavior.
2. Characterized by informality and affability: a friendly, folksy town.
3. Modest; low-key: folksy humor; a folksy style that masked a keen business mind.
[folks, pl. of folk + -y1.]
folksi·ly adv.
folksi·ness n.
folksy
Adjective
[-sier, -siest] simple and unpretentious, sometimes in an artificial way
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Adj.1.folksy - characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
cracker-barrel, homespun
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
2.folksy - very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"
informal - not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
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Alison Krauss sound-alike Aoife O'Donovan leads her string band through a checklist of public-domain mainstays (``Little Sadie,'' ``Railroad Bill'') and folksily familiar enough might-as-well-be's (Robert Johnson's ``Come on in My Kitchen,'' Bob Dylan's ``Oxford Town''), giving them offbeat and cannily intellectualized new interpretations.
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