rural
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic.
semirural
-
a word derived from
rural.
Example Sentences
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Still, there are many in Festus who prefer to maintain their city as a semirural bedroom community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Later Tuesday, authorities detained a man at a traffic stop in Rio Rico, a semirural community about 12 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, in connection with the investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Xochimilco is a large, semirural district in the south of Mexico City, home to a vast network of canals surrounding farming plots called chinampas.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The highest malnutrition death rates among older Californians from 2020 through 2022 were in rural or semirural counties: Lake, Merced, Butte, Tuolumne, and Sutter.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023
They had an interest, almost a charm, for Sophy, these semirural people and vehicles moving in an urban atmosphere, leading a life quite distinct from that of the daytime toilers on the same road.
From Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
