Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small-towny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: smal-l---towny
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a small town.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Edna Morn has a very young and small-towny girl part as Angeline and looks it and acts it."
"Whatever the reason for her old-fashioned appearance, certainly the mocking critics who are “making fun” of her dowdy clothes are only proving that their manners are inferior to their raiment. This petty form of rudeness is essentially “small-towny”; in metropolitan centers people dress as they please without attracting undue attention."
"[Kelly] Winebarger, a mother of two who cleans homes and offices for a living, said someone called the cops on her, who came out and checked her identification. It’s also THAT kind of small-towny place."

Etymology

From small town + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: small town

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more small-towny (comparative) most small-towny (superlative)

Questions

What does small-towny mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a small town.
Where does small-towny come from?: From small town + -y.

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