as in folksy
having or showing an unpretentious informality
a beloved writer who was famous for dispensing his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column
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Recent Examples of homespun
And that homespun feeling is woven all throughout the site in Jackson, Mississippi, where the Eudora Welty House stands.
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Many of Ferguson’s squad in his later years were homespun and socialised at each other’s houses, playing poker for low stakes over a Chinese meal.
—Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
The Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist presents the originals beneath a veil of ambience and reverb, embedding a nostalgic in the fabric of her homespun renditions.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2025
The funeral, part of a week of events mourning the ex-president ahead of his burial in tiny Plains, Georgia, was packed with pageantry, intrigue, pomp and ceremony, in notable juxtaposition with Carter’s homespun life.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Many of Ferguson’s squad in his later years were homespun and socialised at each other’s houses, playing poker for low stakes over a Chinese meal.
—Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
The Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist presents the originals beneath a veil of ambience and reverb, embedding a nostalgic in the fabric of her homespun renditions.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2025
The funeral, part of a week of events mourning the ex-president ahead of his burial in tiny Plains, Georgia, was packed with pageantry, intrigue, pomp and ceremony, in notable juxtaposition with Carter’s homespun life.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Homespun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homespun. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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