folky

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English

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Etymology

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From folk +‎ -y.

Adjective

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folky (comparative folkier, superlative folkiest)

  1. (music, informal) Having the character of folk music
    The band opened with a folky little number.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 244:
      James Taylor flew into England to see if he could interest the Beatles' Apple label into recording "Carolina In My Mind" and some of his other folky material.

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Spanish

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Adjective

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folky (invariable)

  1. folky