neighborhoody

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adjective

Having the friendly sense of community expected of a neighborhood.

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Meanings

adjectiveneighborhoody (comparative more neighborhoody, superlative most neighborhoody)

comparative more neighborhoody · superlative most neighborhoody

  1. informalHaving the friendly sense of community expected of a neighborhood.

    “It was so neighborhoody and lovely, but it was impractical” and felt strangely isolated.

    2009 February 22, Joyce Cohen, “Finding Value, Despite a Droopy Market”, in New York Times

Origin

From neighborhood + -y.

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APA

neighborhoody. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighborhoody

MLA

“neighborhoody.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighborhoody. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neighborhoody,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neighborhoody.

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