tweedy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Made of tweed.
2. Wearing tweeds.
3. Informal. Suggestive of casual, informal taste, habits, and lifestyle: "He's rumpled and tweedy ... if he were preparing to drink a martini, he might casually stir it with his finger" (Phil McCombs).

(TWEE-dee)

adjective
1. Academic or scholarly.
2. Informal; casual; outdoorsy.
2. Made of or resembling tweed.

Etymology
After tweed, a coarse woolen fabric made in twill weave, preferred in casual wear, for example by those in academia or in the country. The origin of the word tweed is not certain. It's probably an alteration of Scots tweel, influenced by the river Tweed that flows along the border between England and Scotland

Usage
"Ramrod-tall, blue-eyed and aquiline, with a high forehead swept clear of thin, fair hair, [William Hurt] even looked clever, like a tweedy young professor of letters on secondment to Hollywood." — Jasper Rees; William Hurt is Back on Top of His Game; The Sunday Times (London, UK); May 3, 2009.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of textiles; having a rough surface
  Synonyms: homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tweedlignende, tweedagtig, klædt i tweed

Nederlands (Dutch)
tweed-, tweed dragend

Français (French)
adj. - genre tweed, style gentleman farmer

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Tweed-, den oberen Klassen angehörend, aber einfach u. ländlich aussehend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που συμπεριφέρεται σαν επαρχιώτης μεγαλοαστός

Italiano (Italian)
tipo da tweed

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - que gosta de espaços abertos (natureza), mostrado em seus hábitos e gostos

Русский (Russian)
похожий на твид, ведет себя как деревенский барин

Español (Spanish)
adj. - parecido al tweed

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klädd i tweed, tweed-, tweedaktig, sportig (t) (klädd), sportbetonad, friskusaktig, frilufts-, trygg (och säker), manhaftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粗花呢制的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粗花呢製的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 트위드의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ツイードの, ツイード風の, ツイードの服を好む, 気さくな感じの, 打ち解けた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بدله تويديه, تويدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי טוויד (אריג צמר מחוספס וצבעוני), דומה לטוויד, לובש בגדי טוויד, לא רשמי, פשוט‬

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