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Synonyms for folksy
ˈfoʊk sifolksy

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  1. folksyadjective

    Informal, affable and familiar.

    Synonyms:
    chummy

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  1. cracker-barrel, folksy, homespunadjective

    characteristic of country life

    "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"

    Synonyms:
    nubby, nubbly, cracker-barrel, homespun, slubbed, homespun(p), tweedy

    Antonyms:
    formal, urban

  2. folksyadjective

    very informal and familiar

    "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"

    Synonyms:
    homespun, cracker-barrel

    Antonyms:
    urban, formal

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#43460homespun
#58778tweedy
#103711folksy
#144711chummy
#160450nubby

How to use folksy in a sentence?

  1. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

    In response to Biden's energy policy: Senator John Kennedy then gave a folksy analogy to describe Biden’s energy policy: “Ainsley, I used to have a beagle named Roger. And Roger was a rascal. About every two weeks, Roger would run off. He’d always come back but about half the time he’d come back dragging roadkill that he would hide under my back porch. President Biden’s energy policy looks like and smells like something Roger used to keep under my back porch.”

  2. Anna Schierenbeck:

    I think that for now, she's doing a good job channeling this excitement and being really folksy, i do think that as we go forward, it's going to be important for her to do the more traditional rallies.

  3. Anna Schierenbeck:

    A couple months from now — about when we're going back to school — that's when people are going to start to say,' All right, it's time to tell us what you're really going to do,' i think that for now, she's doing a good job channeling this excitement and being really folksy.


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