countrified

[ kuhn-truh-fahyd ]

/ ˈkʌn trəˌfaɪd /

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adjective

rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.: a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.

not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.

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Also countryfied.

Origin of countrified

First recorded in 1645–55; countrify + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM countrified

coun·tri·fied·ness, nounun·coun·tri·fied, adjective

Words nearby countrified

count off, count on, count one's chickens before they hatch, count out, count palatine, countrified, countrify, country, country-and-western, country and western music, country blues

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) James
She 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 Kingsley
Our little place was very countrified, considering that it is so close to town.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893|Various
I feel so timid here—so much afraid of doing something wrong—something countrified.
Family Pride|Mary J. Holmes

Besides, 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

countrified

countryfied

/ (ˈkʌntrɪˌfaɪd) /

adjective

in the style, manners, etc, of the country; rural

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countrified

Origin of countrified

OTHER WORDS FROM countrified

Words nearby countrified

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How to use countrified in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for countrified

countryfied