Englishyadj.adv.
/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃi/, U.S. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃi/ Frequently ironic or humorous.
Characteristic of what is English; stereotypically English.In quot. 1861 probably as adverb: in a characteristically English manner.
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EnglisheOE
Southron1488
Anglican1667
Anglo-Gallic1752
Anglo-Arabian1855
Englishy1861
Anglocentric1886
1861 H. Rhys Theatr. Trip for Wager 54 I will here append a copy of the Bill of Fare... Reads Englishy, doesn't it?
1871 M. J. Holmes Millibank vi. 47 She was making it very formal and ceremonious, and Englishy, and Roger wondered what it was all for.
1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 633 ‘A fogger going to fodder his cattle’..‘before the summer ricks are all carted’..how Englishy such sentences sound!
1903 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 10/1 He spoke in a high Englishy way, which rather jarred on the ears of a Scotch boy.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. 183/3 The English teacher [in Canada] needs much tact, for if she is suspected of being ‘Englishy’, there will not be much reward of gratitude from the parents.
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Feb. 14/1 It's all just about as Englishy and picturesque as it can possibly be.
2005 A. Smith in G. Hooper Landscape & Empire viii. 143 He planted cowslips and primroses and hawthorn hedges and all the Englishy flowers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.adv.1861