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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
Adjective
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The voice turned more professorial, clinical.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
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Restrepo, who was wearing professorial glasses and a dark suit, went first.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Your teen can turn to these bookish gifts year round to get lost in their favorite novel.—
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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The comedy-drama, written by Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, follows Lorelai and her bookish daughter Rory (Bledel) in the quirky, charming small town of Stars Hollow, Conn.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Adding to her disorientation is Kenny, the nerdy boy next door who’s now a single father and beloved member of the community.—
Karen Ostergren,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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Salt Lake City, Utah, was fourth thanks to its high searches for nerdy terms and high share of conventions and gaming stores per capita.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2018
Adjective
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This collaboration spurred me to reflect on college newspapers and my own pedagogical approach as a librarian to media literacy.—
Joshua Finnell,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
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A feast for the eyes without being pedagogical, the show benefits from contextualizing Abloh’s work in what is now starting to feel like recent history.—
Amy Verner,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Attached to the lawsuit is an ante litem notice sent by the plaintiff’s attorneys in August 2024 to officials at Walnut Grove High School, where the alleged victim attended and participated in scholastic cheerleading team under the coaching of Moore.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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For true scholastic style, pair it with penny loafers or Mary Janes.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweedy. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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