as in homespun
having or showing an unpretentious informality a folksy manner that gives television viewers the feeling that they're visiting with a friend for an hour

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Recent Examples of folksy The rocker, deeply associated with working-class American values, chose the popular, folksy trope of discussing politics in the small-town diner setting. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024 His affect, along with his record as Minnesota governor, made progressive policies look like a matter of folksy common sense. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024 His impression of the Minnesota governor, who was selected, in part, for his ability to be folksy and relatable in these key battleground states, was nonexistent. Isabella Murray, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024 This combined with the folksiest possible man being selected for the vice-presidential candidate? Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for folksy
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Adjective
  • Getting those props was a matter of homespun ingenuity.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the homespun sounds of early-2000s indie rock became mall-soundtrack fare, tastemakers took a new interest in rap, R&B, pop, and electronic music.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • These dessert bars are sweet and buttery, the kind of down-home dessert that disappears really quick.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And…with his down-home heart and pure prisms of light mind and a wild and wicked Texas cackle ripping up yellow lighting in a black sky desert…Forever Bob….
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But unlike the evolution of colloquial language, which is largely arbitrary, the evolution of scientific terms must reflect our current understanding of reality.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In a market where there is a colloquial term for consumers who want their spirits bottled at the highest strength possible (proof hounds), this low-strength whiskey is a bold move.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • Team it with ballet flats or sneakers for a casual day of apple-picking or tailgating this fall, or dress it up with tights and boots for holiday celebrations and other special occasions.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The teal stood out in the parade of super-casual fits.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Of those who stay, more than eighty per cent work in the informal sector—as domestic servants, street hawkers, porters, cleaners.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Folksy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folksy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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