neighborhoody

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English

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Etymology

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From neighborhood +‎ -y.

Adjective

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neighborhoody (comparative more neighborhoody, superlative most neighborhoody)

  1. (informal) Having the friendly sense of community expected of a neighborhood.
    • 2009 February 22, Joyce Cohen, “Finding Value, Despite a Droopy Market”, in New York Times[1]:
      “It was so neighborhoody and lovely, but it was impractical” and felt strangely isolated.