countrified

[ kuhn-truh-fahyd ]

adjective

1. rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.:

   a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.

2. not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.

countrified

/ ˈkʌntrɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

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

Other Words From

• countri·fiedness noun
• un·countri·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of countrified¹

First recorded in 1645–55; countrify + -ed ²

Example Sentences

As the place was Islington, the month June, and the year 1718, we conceive the surroundings as being countrified and pleasant.

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She felt somehow very ignorant and countrified and totally unfit for her high destiny as a member of Boston's select circles.

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Our little place was very countrified, considering that it is so close to town.

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I feel so timid here—so much afraid of doing something wrong—something countrified.

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Besides, there was something engaging in his countrified simplicity and his beaming good-nature.

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