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Definition of Countryfied
1. Adjective. Characteristic of rural life. "Rustic awkwardness"
Definition of Countryfied
1. Verb. (past of countryfy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countryfied
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countryfied
Literary usage of Countryfied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"The country is becoming citified and the city countryfied, owing to the spread
of devices unknown a half-century since. Take, if you please, the influence ..."
2. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"... that though the country was beautiful yet I liked a more countryfied place,
that there was great difficulty in living—that all our Tuscans would leave ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1873)
"As to the Language, they have as many barbarisms as our most countryfied market
Girls. I expect when I come to Boston to have the pleasure of seeing you ..."
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