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Folksy

adjective

Characteristic of country life. Synonyms: cracker-barrel, homespun. "Folksy humor" , "The air of homespun country boys"

Very informal and familiar. "A folksy style"

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"Folksy" Quotes from Famous Books

... picturesque, diversified colony of Virginia; or with that to the west, which, thanks in large part to Chicago, is packed with savagery and genius. Indiana, at any rate till very recently, has had an indigenous population, not too daring or nomadic; it has been both prosperous and folksy, the apt home of pastorals, the agreeable habitat of a sentimental folk-poet like Riley, the natural begetter of a canny fabulist like George Ade. It has a tradition of realism in fiction, but that tradition descends from The Hoosier School-Master and it includes ...

— Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) • Carl Van Doren

... result with great satisfaction. "That begins to look folksy. What's sewed up in that old comforter? A rocking-cheer. Let's ...

— Eyebright - A Story • Susan Coolidge

... she thought. "Mr. St. John's grand, but this 'ere Mr. Derry's folksy. I'd be skeert settin' here eatin' with Mr. St. John, but this feller's only a kid, and I feel quite ...

— Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley • Belle K. Maniates

... thing in Chinatown are the Chinese. To some they all look alike, but to me they seem very human and individual and folksy. I find myself paraphrasing: "But for the grace of God there goes John Bradford," and when I meet a crafty looking old Chinaman this whimsy comes to me, "If Deacon Bushnell who passed the plate in the Centerville ...

— Vignettes of San Francisco • Almira Bailey

... the result with great satisfaction. "That begins to look folksy. What's sewed up in that old comforter? A rocking-cheer. Let's ...

— Eyebright - A Story • Susan Coolidge