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bluesy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bluesy
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a bluesy rhythm
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For the bluesy sound that you are after, an old Marshall 50 with a 4x12 would be the definite answer.
▪ His playing carried the Dixieland flavor, but he was a highly respected musician who added bluesy vocals to his work.
▪ My Dad was a kinda bluesy player and so I liked that.
▪ On his current album he turns his back on those signatures for a more live, bluesy feeling.
▪ She was a confident rocker with a bluesy voice and loved to sing, loved the sensation of being possessed.
▪ The mix of strong bluesy ballads and a few rock numbers combine to present an original album.
▪ The round, muted bluesy guitar is solid and unassuming until it explodes into a dizzying solo.
▪ The words were bluesy in tone and subject matter, but the rhythms and voices were fresh and new.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bluesy

1946, from blues + -y (2).

Wiktionary
bluesy

a. (context music informal English) Characteristic of the blues

Usage examples of "bluesy".

He suddenly remembered a song he had written years earlier, a bluesy little piece of braggadocio about having a lightning storm for a father.

They had scored the entire album with dissonant bluesy riffs from Marblehead Johnson.

These and all their possible permutations are ways he talks, joking or mortally serious, over a beer or the phone in a bluesy baritone that slides to whiskey bass depending on his mood.

He filled the darkness with zydeco, the bluesy Cajun-Black mixture he remembered from his childhood.

She hit the power button on her small stereo system in the bookcase, conjuring up a bluesy piano number.

He filled the darkness with zydeco, the bluesy Cajun-Black mixture he remembered from his childhood.

These and all their possible permutations are ways he talks, joking or mortally serious, over a beer or the phone in a bluesy baritone that slides to whiskey bass depending on his mood.

They had scored the entire album with dissonant bluesy riffs from Marblehead Johnson.

Even in the relative quiet of the back room, he could barely hear the trill of the unamplified electric guitar, but caught the touch of bluesy ornamentation that Beth tossed in with the run.