Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of folk music.
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  1. folky: Merriam-Webster
  2. folky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. folky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. folky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Folky, folky: Wordnik
  6. folky: Wiktionary
  7. folky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. folky: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. folky: Dictionary.com
  10. folky: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (music, informal) Having the character of folk music

Similar:
folkish, folklike, folklorish, countryish, countrified, funklike, folk-rockish, bluesy, lo-fi, bluegrassy, more...

Opposite:
urban, modern, contemporary, cosmopolitan

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Similar:
folkish, folklike, folklorish, countryish, countrified, funklike, folk-rockish, bluesy, lo-fi, bluegrassy, more...

Opposite:
urban, modern, contemporary, cosmopolitan



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