tweedy

adjective

Definition of tweedynext
as in professorial

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Recent Examples of tweedy English cars have a tweedy character, Italian exotics can be fierce, but the French do a sort of wheeled quirkiness that's positively fizzing with zest. — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022 As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker. — Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 12 June 2024 Her clothes, increasingly, have a pragmatic femininity, like a number of tweedy bellbottom suits that opened the show, some with vests of blue and coral beads covering the front, or diamond patterns of turquoise and plum sequins on the sleeves. — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Dec. 2022 Angela Lansbury is a tweedy country eccentric in wartime England, tootling around on a bronchitic sidecar motorbike and receiving mysterious parcels from a professor in London. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for tweedy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweedy
  1. professorial
  2. bookish
  3. pedagogical
  4. nerdy
  5. nerdish
  6. scholastic
Adjective
  • Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • Masud Husain is a professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow at New College, Oxford.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of professorial
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  • The Album, Bryce Savage’s not-so-bookish gurglefest about femme fatales.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of bookish
Adjective
  • But many of these teachers come from graduate programs that prioritize theory over practice, and knowing various pedagogical approaches does not necessarily translate into teaching well.
    — Mike Goldstein, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
  • In Britain between the 1940s and the 1980s, university professors, especially those from Oxford and Cambridge, were esteemed not merely for their specialist knowledge or pedagogical value but for their wider contribution to civic life.
    — Tim Bouverie, Air Mail, 30 May 2026
Definition of pedagogical
Adjective
  • Played by Ella Bruccoleri, the show’s Mary is recontextualized as a sweet, nerdy girl out of step with her time and beaten down by her mother’s assertions that her looks and personality will exclude her from a successful match.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • In the film, three nerdy high school kids throw a small birthday celebration that spirals into a massive, neighborhood-destroying riot involving thousands of people and a flamethrower.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of nerdy
Adjective
  • In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Definition of nerdish
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  • The Union’s move is a small reversal of a decades-long trend away from scholastic sports as a soccer development tool.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026
  • Her work — rooted in teaching, scholastic research and mentoring — is continually focused on advancing social, racial and economic equity in secondary education classrooms.
    — Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Definition of scholastic

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“Tweedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweedy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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