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tweedy

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tweed·y  (twd)
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.
tweedy
Adjective
[tweedier, tweediest]
1. of, made of, or resembling tweed
2. showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, often associated with wearers of tweeds
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tweedytweedy - of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
homespun, nubbly, nubby, slubbed
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
2.tweedy - (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy
upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
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