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tweedy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | tweediness |
Examples of tweedy
tweedy
Tweedy, after years of tweaking, has honed his unit to a ridiculously fine edge.
From the timesunion.com
Tweedy introduced herself and asked him to become a board member, and he agreed.
From the stltoday.com
Tweedy stood at the mouth of a long tube stretching from the mine to Puget Sound.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Stranger's Child is stately, even a touch tweedy, and not exactly original.
From the guardian.co.uk
I wear prim red glasses and tweedy coats and wield my grade book like a weapon.
From the washingtonpost.com
Tweedy, a lawyer turned author, is writing a pictorial history of Secretariat.
From the denverpost.com
The self-proclaimed leader, 1 is a tweedy guy who likes to call the shots.
From the usatoday.com
The joke is in the clash of tweedy persona and interest in Walt Disney's lesser works.
From the guardian.co.uk
But oysters are no longer the preserve of tweedy gentlemen and flashy champagne bars.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Homespun(p): of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
- (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy
- (tweediness) coarseness: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
- (tweediness) an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
- Tweedy may refer to: As a name: *Alex Tweedy *Bob Tweedy *Cheryl Tweedy *George Tweedy *Jeff Tweedy, leader of American band, Wilco *John Tweedy *John Hubbard Tweedy *Samuel Tweedy *Tweedy Bird Loc
