towny

«towny» in Mova's school dictionary: Towny describes someone or something that belongs to the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (towny, townier, towniest); noun (a towny, townies — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Towny describes someone or something that belongs to the town, not the countryside, or that likes town life (informal). tree →

2) A towny (often spelled townie) is a person from the town, especially as country people or students see them (informal, sometimes unkind). tree →

sense in the lessons

You meet «towny» in informal speech and stories about life in the country and the town. It often shows a friendly or teasing contrast: a towny child does not know about cows. Phrases: towny folk, a bit towny.

examples

• The farm kids laughed at the towny boy who was scared of the sheep. tree →
• Gran calls us townies when we visit her village. tree →
• The towny clothes looked strange in the muddy field. tree →
• She is too towny to enjoy camping. tree →
• The students and the townies played a football match. tree →

note

Informal. The more common spelling for the noun is «townie». Opposite idea: country folk. Can sound teasing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «towny» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.