folksy
Other forms: folksier; folksiest; folksily
Something folksy is down-to-earth and comfortable. An airline pilot's folksy voice can be calming to nervous passengers.
A folksy restaurant is a modest, familiar kind of place to eat, where the food is plain and you don't need a reservation. A roots or country music group might strive for a folksy look and sound, and a folksy letter has an informal style and colloquial, everyday language. The word folksy was born in the United States in the 1850s, from folk, or "common people."
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very informal and familiar
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characteristic of country life“folksy humor”synonyms: cracker-barrel, homespunruralliving in or characteristic of farming or country life
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