bluesyadj.
/ˈbluːzi/, U.S. /ˈbluzi/ Music (originally U.S.).
Of, characteristic of, or resembling the blues (blues n. 2b), blues songs, or blues singers; having some feature in common with the blues, such as a melancholic aspect, a harmonic progression like that of the blues, blue notes, etc.
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1933 Washington Post 22 Nov. 10/2 Mr. Davis produces a trio, tap dances, and is as bluesy a singer as you want to hear.
1958 J. Silverman Folk Blues (1968) 22 Guitarists, particularly, will recognize these two chords…Aesthetically, they sound bluesy.
1961 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) 8 Jan. 16/6 This slow, almost haunting, bluesy piece.
1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 65/1 Willie Smith's drumming is recorded up front, his cymbal socks sounding inscrutably bluesy.
1986 City Limits 10 Apr. 39 A voice that is more bluesy than churchy.
2010 TNT Mag. 12 Apr. 34/3 The trio perform bluesy folk and Americana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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