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Definition of Bumpkinly
1. Adjective. Awkwardly simple and provincial. "The nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
Similar to: Provincial
Derivative terms: Bumpkin, Rusticity
Definition of Bumpkinly
1. Adjective. Befitting a bumpkin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumpkinly
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumpkinly
Literary usage of Bumpkinly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"Zerlina is flattered by the Don, who suggests she is too beautiful to wed the
bumpkinly Masetto. The duet which follows, reveals admirably the simple ..."
2. Johnson's Dictionary by Samuel Johnson, John Walker (1836)
"... a. clownish, bumpkinly. Love, luv. va to regard with affection. Love, lav. >.
the passion between the sexes; way. [lousy. good will, courtship ; liking, ..."
3. Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott (1879)
"Why, thou hast been so long in the country, that thou hast got a bumpkinly
clod-compelling sort of look thyself. That greasy doublet fits thee as if it were ..."
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