as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality
her down-home patter as she prepares comfort foods goes over well with television viewers
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Recent Examples of down-home
And in most cases, that down-home charm is paired with upscale amenities, such as multicourse meals and extensive wine lists.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Alison Brown is one of the players who is keeping bluegrass alive, accessible and friendly despite a lot of competition from other down-home popular music genres.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
These start with different illustrations of down-home life that gradually give way to drawings of fires, mayhem and syringes plunged into eyeballs as a saccharin-sweet song from sisterly duo Patience and Prudence plays.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Anhedönia, however, had little interest in being the country’s next down-home sweetheart.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Alison Brown is one of the players who is keeping bluegrass alive, accessible and friendly despite a lot of competition from other down-home popular music genres.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
These start with different illustrations of down-home life that gradually give way to drawings of fires, mayhem and syringes plunged into eyeballs as a saccharin-sweet song from sisterly duo Patience and Prudence plays.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Anhedönia, however, had little interest in being the country’s next down-home sweetheart.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for down-home
Adjective
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Because of his ability to appeal to jurors with at times folksy explanations of gruesome subjects like the dynamic of blood spatter, prosecution and defense lawyers competed for his testimony at trials.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The report marks the first year Berkshire’s annual letter to shareholders wasn’t penned by Buffett, 95, whose folksy financial wisdom was a must-read for many investors.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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In true Pierce & Ward fashion, dialed-in glamour mingles with homespun effects.—
Laura Regensdorf,
Architectural Digest,
25 Mar. 2026
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Following Cook Real Hawai’i, this book expresses a more homespun, contemporary side of Hawaiian food, inclusive of the myriad Pacific influences that have gathered on the islands’ shores.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Cicada’s disappearing routine Scientists who hunt for unusual Covid-19 variants waited to give this one a colloquial, or common, name.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Literary works in colloquial Korean gained popularity, and new forms of cultural expression circulated widely.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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