touristy
touristy
Definition
tour·isty (to̵or′is tē)
adjective
of or for tourists: often used with mild contempt to suggest banality or tastelessness
touristy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- stuff: Mike and I had a day to kill on the Saturday, which we used to do a bit of touristy stuff.
- village: A busy, very much a touristy village, Contis Plage was at the end of the road on the coast.
- bit: We paid lip service to the touristy bit on arrival at Chester, followed by a swift adjournment to the pub.
- thing: Meeting up at different times for food, drink, touristy things.
- shop: This has probably got the most touristy gift shop I have ever seen in my life.
- town: This is the view from our window toward the church in this sleepy little non touristy town.
Modifying Another Word
- too: The town is delightful and historic, yet not too touristy or too big.
- quite: It is quite touristy, with lots of great cafes and pubs.
- very: It was a very touristy stand, with all the food out on display.
- rather: I buy a rather touristy jug with " A Present from Malawi " written on it ( just kidding!
- not: What I love about it is that it is so green and unspoiled, and that it is not touristy.
- so: Turkey wasn't so bad, cuz it's not so touristy and we were in the company of natives.
Used with adjective complement
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