headliney

Adjective

headliny (comparative headlinier, superlative headliniest)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a headline (the heading or title of an article); typical of or incorporating headlinese.
   • The president [Franklin D. Roosevelt] turned aside a query as to whether [Winston] Churchill seemed confident that Britain could win without American help with the observation that the question was “headliny” without having sufficient substance.1941 August 20, “Via Siberia and Middle East: U. S. Reported Ready to Fly Warplanes to Russia […]”, in Minneapolis Star Journal, volume LXIII, number 252, Minneapolis, Minn., →OCLC, page 7, columns...
2. (informal) Hitting the headlines; (worthy of) having or being given headlines.
   • Doak rung up a two-bagger, but his gardening in the alfalfa was not of the headliny variety.1910 June 26, “‘Peevish Plaints’”, in The Morning Star, volume LXXXVI, number 83 (13,331 overall), Wilmington, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2
3. (informal) Resembling, characteristic of, or worthy of being a headline or headliner (the top-billed attraction or performer).
   • Gee Gee James was again on the bill, to the great disgust of the local critics, who have failed to see anything headliny about her work, while George Wiltshire was a jocose M.C.—but only got by because of the splendid support of Apus Brooks, the blackface shorty, who held him up, and carried him...1932 November 12, The Sideliner [pseudonym], “Washington’s Famous U. Street Rivals 7th. Avenue in Harlem for Hot Doings”, in The Afro-American, 42nd year, number 7, Baltimore, Md., →ISSN, →OCLC, page...