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folksy

[fohk-see] / ˈfoʊk si /


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Masino had sought to update Cracker Barrel for a younger generation of consumers, including remaking its folksy logo and changing its menu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As the action progresses, Doralee brings grit and common sense to the trio, showcasing Parton’s ability to deliver homespun wit without ever falling into folksy caricature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Enter Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis’ folksy Missourian loaded with cornpone wisdom, positivity and kindness.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

There’s kind of a folksy quality in the manufactured banter between a president and the ballplayers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Among the most popular collections of the type that Liszt’s example engendered were Johannes Brahms’s Hungarian Dances of 1869 and 1880, which exploit all the usual folksy dance forms of lassan, friska and csardas.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Fortunately, Nelson’s crew had folksier wisdom to dispense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020

For many Koreans, there is a collective shame about the folksier elements of their own culture.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017

Judge Gorsuch’s testimony was folksier, a little more combative and a little more canned.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2017

The new “Voices of Pearl Harbor” tour uses a folksier approach, with acoustic guitar and ukulele music playing in the background as Bruner talks about the waterfront and Waikiki, circa 1941.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2015

It was always sixties music too—I recognized the Beatles and some of the folksier stuff you hear on the classic rock stations.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

With studied informality, the Donner Trail Ranch manages to be both the fanciest and the folksiest in the Reno area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spirit Lake is distended by a cast of more than four dozen major characters cursed with total recall and the folksiest dialect since Mr. Dooley.

From Time Magazine Archive


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