tweedy

Definition of tweedynext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tweedy 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 Angela Lansbury is a tweedy country eccentric in wartime England, tootling around on a bronchitic sidecar motorbike and receiving mysterious parcels from a professor in London. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022 And speaking of getting back to business, there’s a tweedy Isabel Marant Etoile blazer that’ll do the job nicely. — Julie Tong, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for tweedy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweedy
Adjective
  • And those really are professorial decisions and creative decisions that made me, that pushed me.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
  • To wrest control from Republicans, Brown asked the professorial Sher to challenge one Republican’s right to remain in the Assembly.
    — Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck.
    — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
  • And of course, in a general sense, many inquisitive artists are as bookish as anyone.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.
    — Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
Adjective
  • On August 27 Philip Engel of the University of Illinois Chicago posted a more pedagogical explanation of the LLM’s process on his website.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Intentionally blending the personal, social-emotional, pedagogical and technical components of teaching cultivated a space where teachers felt heard and respected rather than talked at.
    — Paul Koh, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • She is welcomed by other interns including the warm and fun Tabitha (Shrinking’s Lupita Maxwell) and nerdy Leonard (a funny Daniel Zolghadri), along with the more colorful Daphne (Iris Apatow).
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Also, don’t sleep on this relatively strong Mercury for smoothing your travels and adding a dose of nerdy stimulation to your adventures.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • The award honors media professionals and groups making significant contributions to scholastic journalism.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Go literal with scholastic motifs, or keep it subtle with bright colors and minimalist designs.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweedy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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