countrified
rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.: a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.
Origin of countrified
1- Also countryfied.
Other words from countrified
- coun·tri·fied·ness, noun
- un·coun·tri·fied, adjective
Words Nearby countrified
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How to use countrified in a sentence
As the place was Islington, the month June, and the year 1718, we conceive the surroundings as being countrified and pleasant.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesShe felt somehow very ignorant and countrified and totally unfit for her high destiny as a member of Boston's select circles.
And So They Were Married | Florence Morse KingsleyOur little place was very countrified, considering that it is so close to town.
I feel so timid here—so much afraid of doing something wrong—something countrified.
Family Pride | Mary J. HolmesBesides, there was something engaging in his countrified simplicity and his beaming good-nature.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for countrified
countryfied
/ (ˈkʌntrɪˌfaɪd) /
in the style, manners, etc, of the country; rural
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