tweedy

Definition of tweedynext

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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
  • He was sometimes criticized by progressive Democrats as being too professorial and by conservatives as being too progressive.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Sophie Pearce is a Welsh travel blogger who has visited Egypt, India and New Zealand on a quest to see magical, historic and bookish destinations.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Campbell recently spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about his appreciation for Gerber’s bookish background.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.
    Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
Adjective
  • Teachers remain responsible for pedagogical choices, grading decisions, and whatever the system does on their behalf.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Her work examines fashion as a cultural and ideological system, with a focus on copying, repetition, and reuse as critical and pedagogical strategies to question dominant notions of originality and value.
    Vogue, Vogue, 30 July 2026
Adjective
  • These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Spider-Man, in his original incarnation, was really just a nerdy teen named Peter Parker who readers could relate to, and the installments starring Holland have replicated that zippy, youthful energy.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 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
  • Go literal with scholastic motifs, or keep it subtle with bright colors and minimalist designs.
    Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Union’s move is a small reversal of a decades-long trend away from scholastic sports as a soccer development tool.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026

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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweedy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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