What does backwoodsy mean?
Backwoodsy means (US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.
Bang's rough violin scrapes convey a backwoodsy ruralism, recalling the rootsy fiddle playing of southern prewar black string bands[…].
Use backwoodsy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Backwoodsy means (US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
Common synonyms include backwoods.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.
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