单词 | newsy |
释义 | newsy (once / 33483 pages) adj Newsy things are full of information, details, or news. A newsy letter from your pen pal fills you in on everything she's been doing since the last time she wrote. Newsy is a great, informal way to describe a chatty conversation or an informative email. Your sister's newsy phone calls give you all the gossip from her summer camp, and a newspaper columnist's newsy interviews are incredibly detailed. Since the 1830s, newsy has meant "full of news," from news, literally "new things," and the Old English root neowe, "new." WORD FAMILYnewsy: newsier, newsiest+/news: newses, newsless, newsy/newsless: newslessly USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it is less newsy in general; maybe it duplicates, in some ways, television news. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) Odds are good that his collection will be the first big buzz of a newsy, new-designers-in-high-places Paris Fashion Week. New York Times(Sep 27, 2016) But the newsier aspect of the event is just one part of what they’re there to enjoy. The Verge(Jul 25, 2016) 1adj full of news a newsy letter Syn informative, informatory providing or conveying information 2adj prone to friendly informal communication Syn chatty, gossipy communicative, communicatory able or tending to communicate |
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