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Recent Examples of tweedy
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.
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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
Wear this tweedy green skirt suit and you’ll instantly be given the keys to a corner office.
—Talia Abbas, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2021
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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
Wear this tweedy green skirt suit and you’ll instantly be given the keys to a corner office.
—Talia Abbas, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweedy
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An English professor at Harvard and the author of two acclaimed novels, The Old Drift (2019) and The Furrows (2022), Serpell combines a professorial breadth of reference and a novelist’s fascination with the mechanics of literature.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Learning to Engage McMillon has an almost professorial air that’s articulate, polite and exudes competence — but his skill set was honed by long years of experience.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The contrast between the bookish judge, lauded during his confirmation for his reverence of legal precedents, and the agitated, outspoken figure of recent years was especially noticeable to old friends and supporters.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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His glasses become him, in that bookish Clark Kent way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2018
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Weisz’s antiheroine is a middle-aged professor with chronic writer’s block and mounting insecurity about her potential irrelevance, both erotic and pedagogical.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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According to German law, parents aren’t allowed to homeschool based on their religious or pedagogical convictions.—
Katrina Donham,
Parents,
25 Feb. 2026
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This family-run business brings a delightful mix of humor with nerdy plant know-how.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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This spring, the nerdy nostalgist can find several depictions of campus life on their small screen.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The showcase has generated more than 5,100 scholarships and $164 million in scholastic aid since its inception.—
Jon Poorman,
Houston Chronicle,
31 Jan. 2026
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At the heart of this debate seems to be both a misunderstanding of the point of scholastic sports and a view, at least by some, that trans girls have an unfair physical advantage.—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweedy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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