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tweedy
[ twee-dee ]
adjective
tweedier, tweediest.
- made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.
- wearing or favoring tweeds, especially as a mark of a casual, sporty, or intellectual way of life, as at college or in the country:
a tweedy sportswoman.
- accustomed to, preferring, or characterized by the wearing of tweeds, as in genteel country life or academia:
a large and tweedy colony of civil servants and government officials.
tweedy
/ ˈ³Ù·É¾±Ë»åɪ /
adjective
- of, made of, or resembling tweed
- showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds
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Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù·É±ð±ð»å¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù·É±ð±ð»åi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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Example Sentences
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But it’s clear that the phenomenon is not just the tweedy concern of linguists.
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But his tweedy and serenely skeptical Beckett double pointedly inquires, “Whose forgiveness do you need the most?â€
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Now I was on one of his tweedy shoulders.
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Star professors were either master thinkers introducing new rigor and glamour into a tweedy profession gone stale, or theory-addled tenured radicals taking a hatchet to the masterpieces of Western culture.
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At the time, I seemed to be a youngish, tweedy English professor.
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