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NEWSY (newsier, newsiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: newsier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, newsiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does newsy mean? 

NEWSY (adjective)
  The adjective NEWSY has 2 senses:

1. full of newsplay

2. prone to friendly informal communicationplay

  Familiarity information: NEWSY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEWSY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: newsier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: newsiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Full of news

Context example:

a newsy letter

Similar:

informative; informatory (providing or conveying information)

Derivation:

news (informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Prone to friendly informal communication

Synonyms:

chatty; gossipy; newsy

Similar:

communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)


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