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  • adjective Befitting a songwriter.

Etymologies

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songwriter +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Even leaving out most of the MySpace unsigned artists that came up, I suspect that the presence of a lot of singer-songwriterly country stuff is one step beyond.

    This time I meme it « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

  • The band's sound is at the intersection of roots, rock and singer-songwriterly folk.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The band's sound is at the intersection of roots, rock and singer-songwriterly folk.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • And compared with the rest of his catalog - which traverses punk and singer-songwriterly pop - the new record features a new sound, one inspired by the country music of his Texas upbringing.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • Eugene McGuinness - see, with one person it's easy enough, stick him in the garage, give him a chair and let him work his slanted singer-songwriterly magic.

    Sweeping The Nation 2009

  • Did Price ever imagine he'd be playing alongside the likes of Million Dead's Frank Turner and 7 Seconds 'Kevin Seconds in a singer-songwriterly setting?

    AltWeeklies.com Site Feed 2009

  • For the most part, this is a mean-sounding, sometimes singer-songwriterly record built on piano, vocals, guitars, and even drums.

    Cokemachineglow.com 2009

  • Rebecca's 'Sorry About The Doom' as straightforwardly folky and singer-songwriterly as they've ever got.

    The Line Of Best Fit 2009

  • Lila Downs, who's made a career out of (not to mention garnered quite a reputation for) filtering Mexican native and folk traditions through jazzy, singer-songwriterly indie-pop.

    Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog Rachel Devitt 2008

  • Hope Elbow wins, but will probably be young sensitive singer-songwriterly type Laura Marling.

    17 dots 2008

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