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# towny

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

«towny» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Towny describes someone or something that belongs to the town, not the countryside, or that likes town life (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#m1)
2. A towny (often spelled townie) is a person from the town, especially as country people or students see them (informal, sometimes unkind). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#x1)
- Gran calls us townies when we visit her village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#x2)
- The towny clothes looked strange in the muddy field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#x3)
- She is too towny to enjoy camping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#x4)
- The students and the townies played a football match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «towny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«towny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/towny.html) on Mova free.