adjective
Etymology
Origin of citified
Example Sentences
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Bengtson guesses that many other films were shot in the vicinity too — one of the only citified corners in an early Hollywood that still mostly didn’t look urban.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2021
Produced by country music explorer Sturgill Simpson, “Country Squire” is full of lessons learned on the “country music highway” about camper retirement, citified country boys and the hard work of commitment.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2019
The stranger reminds viewers that, in the West, “dude” is an insult—the naïve and citified dandy who’s a mere tourist or poseur in a place of rugged action and broken-in casualness.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2018
They felt that Bell needed a more citified spot.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2017
That’s how citified I was in those days.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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