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
      • Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.2013 September 30, Dennis Overbye, “Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies”, in The New York Times