Meanings
comparative more backwoodsy · superlative most backwoodsy
- USTypical of something or someone from the backwoods.
Bang's rough violin scrapes convey a backwoodsy ruralism, recalling the rootsy fiddle playing of southern prewar black string bands[…].
1994 April 8, Peter Margasak, “Kahil El'Zabar, Malachi Favors, Billy Bang”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.
1989 March 3, John A. Jenkins, “High Stakes”, in Chicago ReaderSynonyms: backwoods
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTypical of something or someone from the backwoods.
Origin
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backwoodsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwoodsy
“backwoodsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backwoodsy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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