bluesier; bluesiest
: resembling, characteristic of, or suited to the blues

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The vaguely bluesy folk songs courtesy of A.G. Cook put us in a place of longing from frame one. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024 Most prominent across the album is frontwoman Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach, a bluesy Brit who sings in cursive. Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024 Also earning points for at least trying to add some regional atmosphere is a soundtrack full of various-artist cuts in a bluesy, twangy Southern rock mode. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024 With his bluesy, rangy growl, Stapleton has a once-in-a-generation voice and Combs has been the only male vocalist who has been able to break his strangle-hold on the category, winning in 2019 and 2020. Melinda Newman, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bluesy 

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bluesy was in 1933

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“Bluesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluesy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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