down-home

See also: downhome

English

Alternative forms

• downhome, down home

Adjective

down-home (comparative more down-home, superlative most down-home)

1. (chiefly US) Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.
   • 2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times‎:

     Just as Mr. Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs. Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign.

Synonyms

• countrified
• folksy
• homespun
• just folks