salesy

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adjective

Characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.

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Meanings

adjectivesalesy (comparative more salesy, superlative most salesy)

comparative more salesy · superlative most salesy

  1. colloquialCharacteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.

    Don't irritate with grossly irrelevant or overly salesy messages.

    2011, R. Scott Corbett, How to Make Money with Email Marketing
    1 more example

    In my research I saw this old, tired, salesy technique in a book (which by the way had a sticker on it that read, “Rated #1 best business book in America today—Success Today", whoever they are), and the next day I heard it from a salesperson […]

    1998, Art Sobczak, How to Sell More, in Less Time, with No Rejection

Origin

From sales + -y.

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Translations

Spanish vendedor, vendiente
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

salesy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesy

MLA

“salesy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salesy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesy.

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