The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Made of tweed.
adj. Wearing tweeds.
adj. Informal Suggestive of casual, informal taste, habits, and lifestyle: "He's rumpled and tweedy ... if he were preparing to drink a martini, he might casually stir it with his fingerā ( Phil McCombs).
adj. made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture
adj. wearing tweed clothing
adj. preppy
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adj. of textiles; having a rough surface
adj. (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy
Word Usage
"I am, for example, as suspicious of authors in tweedy jackets or carrying pipes as I am of professors with elbow patches - they seem to be playing a role that shows how they envision themselves as Author, rather than beign who they are."