Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of news; informative.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of news; gossipy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing lots of
news ;informative . - adjective
Chatty ,gossipy . - noun informal A
distributor ofnews ; anewsagent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of news
- adjective prone to friendly informal communication
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It will be what they call a newsy letter, of course.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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Newspapers are not necessarily 'newsy' - for example the weekly or monthly publications that report on events etc past and upcoming in the cycle.
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First off, it has an odd "news peg" -- that is, the newsy reason why a story is written in the first place.
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First off, it has an odd "news peg" -- that is, the newsy reason why a story is written in the first place.
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In recent weeks I've had several readers tell me that they'd like more "newsy" information here on LENNDEVOURS.
LENNDEVOURS: 2008
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Nichols, dressed in crisp white shirt and blue power tie, spoke in confiding and confident terms about the injustice of White House correspondents 'dinner seating arrangements, the need for "newsy" background meetings and early-morning gaggles, the disrespect shown toward the press by interminable delays.
White House reporters see the other side while campaigning for board spots 2010
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Nichols, dressed in crisp white shirt and blue power tie, spoke in confiding and confident terms about the injustice of White House correspondents 'dinner seating arrangements, the need for "newsy" background meetings and early-morning gaggles, the disrespect shown toward the press by interminable delays.
White House reporters see the other side while campaigning for board spots 2010
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In recent weeks I've had several readers tell me that they'd like more "newsy" information here on LENNDEVOURS.
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My blog has become more "newsy" ironically enough, as I started writing the book and had less time to go in-world and really root around for that perfect story.
Random stuff about Hamlet Au, and some questions for the man who asks questions Bettina Tizzy 2008
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My blog has become more "newsy" ironically enough, as I started writing the book and had less time to go in-world and really root around for that perfect story.
Archive 2008-05-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008
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