adjective
- comparative form of tweedy; more characteristic of or resembling tweed fabric or the style associated with it
- more suggestive of traditional British country style or academic fashion
Usage: comparative form
Usage: comparative form
Examples
- His jacket looked even tweedier than his father’s old coat.
- The professor’s office became tweedier each year with added vintage furniture.
- She preferred the tweedier style of the older faculty members.
- The bookshop had a tweedier atmosphere than the modern chain stores.
- His appearance grew tweedier as he settled into academic life.
- The club’s dress code seemed to get tweedier with each passing decade.