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Synonyms for folksy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fohk-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfoʊk si

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Définition of folksy

Origin :
  • "sociable, unpretentious," 1852, U.S. colloquial, from folks + -y (2).
  • adj informal, simple
Example sentences :
  • She liked to be chatty and folksy while she was servin', too.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • What struck me most, though, was the folksy look in them wide-open eyes of hers.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • And he sure is a folksy dog with the people he knows around the house.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • You can't feaze Vee, though, when she starts in to be folksy.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • The boss's conversation was just a little too folksy for his liking.
  • Extract from : « The Success Machine » by Henry Slesar
  • He talked quite a little, and he seemed rather nice, I think—just frank and folksy, you know.
  • Extract from : « The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch » by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
  • They're a folksy fam'ly, I40 judge; the kind that can sit around and chat about nothing at all for hours at a time.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • To some they all look alike, but to me they seem very human and individual and folksy.
  • Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
  • Seems a pretty silly job for grown-up men, but they're real pleasant and folksy.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She's pretty and I will give in that she's folksy and sociable with us natives; it's surprisin', considerin' her bringin' up.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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