countrified
Americanadjective
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rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc..
a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
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not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.
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On the countrified folk-pop song “Haunted,” she’s on an airplane thinking about her restless life and sings, “I’ll see the sky in the ocean / A couple ibuprofen,” mixing wonder with the mundane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But in “Shucked,” the hilarious countrified musical that brought “Hee Haw”-style comedy in a modern guise to Broadway, corn finally gets top billing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
He used to call me George because it sounded very countrified, very English country.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
“Before I could almost recognize who it was, he was singing” — she lowered her voice in a countrified croon — ‘Once a daaay/All day looong.’
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
Tansy was named for a wildflower, which suited her because she was just as countrified and rawboned as me and Lloyd, almost.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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