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folksiest

folksiest is the superlative form of folksy.

Meaning of folksy

Adjective

folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)

  1. Characteristic of common folk.
    • It’s not hard to see why most people don’t feel like they fit in well with either party. But as long as the folksy and brainy contingents stay on opposite sides of the dance floor, we can look forward to a lot more of this. Bifurcation by education is always bad, but it’s worse for the educated...2025 November 25, Adam Mastroianni, “Secrets of the ancient memelords: or: pedants 'n' pinheads”, in Experimental History [Substack newsletter]
    1. Characteristic of simple country life.
    2. Informal, affable, and familiar.
      • Near-synonym: chummy

Questions about folksiest

What is folksiest the superlative form of?
Folksiest is the superlative form of folksy.

Words near folksiest in the dictionary

  1. folkrede
  2. folkright
  3. folkrights
  4. folks
  5. folksier
  6. folksiest
  7. folksily
  8. folksiness
  9. folksinger
  10. folksingers
  11. folksinging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folksiest (page history and authors); folksy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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