tweed·i·ness
ˈtwēdēnə̇s,
-din-
plural -es
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Adjective
The fabric is a tweedy blend of wool and mohair.
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Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Her clothes, increasingly, have a pragmatic femininity, like a number of tweedy bellbottom suits that opened the show, some with vests of blue and coral beads covering the front, or diamond patterns of turquoise and plum sequins on the sleeves.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Dec. 2022
English cars have a tweedy character, Italian exotics can be fierce, but the French do a sort of wheeled quirkiness that's positively fizzing with zest.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
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Adjective
If tweedy free-speech absolutists and their aggrieved students are capable of finding common ground, this will be the issue that unites them.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Her clothes, increasingly, have a pragmatic femininity, like a number of tweedy bellbottom suits that opened the show, some with vests of blue and coral beads covering the front, or diamond patterns of turquoise and plum sequins on the sleeves.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Dec. 2022
English cars have a tweedy character, Italian exotics can be fierce, but the French do a sort of wheeled quirkiness that's positively fizzing with zest.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for tweedy
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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweedy. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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tweedy
adjective
: of or resembling tweed
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