headliny

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...
   • The welcome in N.Z. was deeply touching. I do think it wonderful to find such burning loyalty nowadays, and what a mental rest to find serious, well written newspapers. One had forgotten how vulgar ours have become, & it was quite a shock to return here to the headliny, gossipy, untruthful kind of...1958 February 18, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, “18 February 1958 to Queen Elizabeth II”, in William Shawcross, editor, Counting One’s Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth The Queen...
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
   • The Opposite Sex, as Ring Lardner has nicknamed it or them, has drawn its share of competitive glory in other seasons. The advance has been steady and sure. And for the remainder of the summer, with the arrival of Mlle Lenglen and Miss Leitch, the female of the species will be about as headlinier...1921 July 24, Grantland Rice, “The Sportlight”, in Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, Mass., →OCLC, page 3 B, column 4
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...
   • Jean Parker, usually associated with film productions, is the headline as far as “name” billing goes. But inasmuch as Miss Parker, and her helpmate, Ralph Sanford, are occupied, with small success, in making Jean Parker a comedienne attraction, one must look elsewhere for headlinier talent. This...1943 November 12, “New Stage Show at the Capitol”, in The Evening Star, 91st year, number 36,353, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages B—17, column 4