If you describe someone as tweedy, you mean that they have an upper-class but plain appearance, and look as if they live in the country, for example because they arewearing tweed.
An older woman, pink-cheeked and tweedy, appeared in the doorway.
2. adjective
Tweedy clothes are made from tweed.
tweedy in British English
(ˈtwiːdɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: tweedier or tweediest
1.
of, made of, or resembling tweed
2.
showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds
Derived forms
tweediness (ˈtweediness)
noun
tweedy in American English
(ˈtwidi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈtweedier or ˈtweediest
1.
of or like tweed
2.
a.
habitually wearing tweeds
b.
characterized by a casually tailored look, fondness for the outdoors, etc.
Derived forms
tweediness (ˈtweediness)
noun
Examples of 'tweedy' in a sentence
tweedy
Muttering under my breath, I chose a pair of russet trousers, a cream poloneck angora and lambswool jumper and a tweedy jacket.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
the voice continued, and a woman in a tweedy jacket strode into view.
Kate Cann READY? (2002)
For what Emerald needed to find was a hint, a suspicion of tweedy tailoring in the Paris collections.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
There are flecks of lint, or dandruff, on Ault's tweedy shoulders.