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- adjective Having characteristics of a
hippy
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Examples
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In a weird kind of hippyish way, we already knew each other and immediately clicked.
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In a weird kind of hippyish way, we already knew each other and immediately clicked.
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The book does focus on the positive aspects of marijuana and borders on "hippyish" at times, but its central thesis remains compelling regardless of its drug-positive tone.
unknown title 2009
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The evening of the day I left, he had gone off for a walk with his closest friend, a gentle hippyish young man called Peter, and did not return for a full day and night.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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The evening of the day I left, he had gone off for a walk with his closest friend, a gentle hippyish young man called Peter, and did not return for a full day and night.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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There is some interesting detail: the rather hippyish procedure at meetings is to do a finger-wiggling "jazz hands" gesture when you agree with something, which makes the proceedings look like an Al Jolson convention.
Just Do It – review 2011
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We love how socially conscious these sneakers are, without looking at all crunchy or hippyish.
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During the mid-90s, Boston's hardcore-punks-turned-alternative-stars found themselves pulled into the grunge scene, but in reality, were far more hippyish than sardonic.
The Lemonheads: Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (The Best of) – review 2012
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By the end of Mr. Wheelwright's book, we're listening to a Hispano rancher tell a hippyish rebbe how his grandfather "went overboard with cleanliness," said fastidiousness being evidence for suppressed Judaism.
The Genetic Outlier Charles C. Mann 2012
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Over the past 18 months, he's marked himself out as an inexhaustible online presence, releasing a never-ending stream of songs and homemade videos, collaborating with ringtone rap merchant Soulja Boy and comedian Andy Milonakis, all the while extolling his hippyish, think-positive "Based" philosophy.
Grab your spatula! Could 'based' Lil B be the next big thing? 2011
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