newsy

adjective

ˈnü-zē How to pronounce newsy (audio)
ˈnyü-
newsier; newsiest
1
: containing or filled with news
newsy letters
2
newsiness noun

Examples of newsy in a Sentence

I got a long newsy letter from her. a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025 The paper, which hit newsstands every Thursday and was packed with reviews, event listings, newsy and satirical columns, and both free and paid ads, thrived in print for decades. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Andy Swift, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025 At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years. David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newsy

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of newsy was in 1825

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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

newsy

adjective
newsier; newsiest
: filled with news
especially : chatty sense 2
a newsy letter

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