as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality
her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers
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Recent Examples of down-home
The blue is speckled with some white flecks, which reminds me of blue enamelware pots and pans for a down-home aesthetic.
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PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Knowing little about the sport and its culture, Lasso is expected to fail, but thanks to his down-home charm and desire for teamwork, AFC Richmond becomes unexpectedly successful.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Even Kohn Pedersen Fox has discovered the elegance of down-home solidity.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
Taylor Swift spent the game in a box with the Haim sisters and Ice Spice, loyally watching her team go down to defeat, in a down-home Daisy Dukes outfit.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Knowing little about the sport and its culture, Lasso is expected to fail, but thanks to his down-home charm and desire for teamwork, AFC Richmond becomes unexpectedly successful.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Even Kohn Pedersen Fox has discovered the elegance of down-home solidity.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
Taylor Swift spent the game in a box with the Haim sisters and Ice Spice, loyally watching her team go down to defeat, in a down-home Daisy Dukes outfit.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for down-home
Adjective
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Throughout her life, Baez—now 84—has stayed true to her folksy-casual style.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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The decor was folksy and colorful, with the brief for the flowers by Wild Gorse being unstructured ’70s.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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In Settings, users can choose from among hundreds of homespun labelling tools that flag or block certain posts in their feeds.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wrapped in coppery light and homespun outfits, her Nell is warm and wise, going some way toward filling the void where a more substantial story ought to be.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Twain dared to buck the expectations of critics by using the colloquial dialect and slang of those with little education.—
Kyra Davis Lurie
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Down-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-home. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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