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salesy

salesy adjective: characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.

Adjective

salesy (comparative more salesy, superlative most salesy)

  1. (colloquial) Characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.
    • In my research I saw this old, tired, salesy technique in a book (which by the way had a sticker on it that read, “Rated #1 best business book in America today—Success Today", whoever they are), and the next day I heard it from a salesperson […]1998, Art Sobczak, How to Sell More, in Less Time, with No Rejection
    • Don't irritate with grossly irrelevant or overly salesy messages.2011, R. Scott Corbett, How to Make Money with Email Marketing

Forms of salesy

comparativemore salesy
superlativemost salesy

Origin of salesy

From sales + -y.

Questions about salesy

What does salesy mean?
Salesy means characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.
What part of speech is salesy?
Salesy is an adjective.

Words near salesy in the dictionary

  1. saleswitches
  2. saleswoman
  3. saleswomanship
  4. saleswomen
  5. saleswork
  6. salesy
  7. salesyard
  8. salet
  9. Salet-Bulangon
  10. salets
  11. salework

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