tinfoily adjective2 •Resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.It tinkles. As it skitters along the ground, it makes a tinny, tinfoily little noise as its edges scrape along the concrete. — 2006 •(informal) Characteristic of or prone to paranoia or conspiracy theories.By the time you land an engineering gig at Apple, you are a twitchy, tinfoily mess. — 2019 formstinfoilier · tinfoiliest