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countrified adjective

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Definition

describes a person or thing that belongs to, or is suited to, the countryside
I thought myself very sophisticated compared with my countrified relatives.
disapproving Their house was decorated in a style that was rather tasteless and countrified (= artificially like something seen in the countryside).

(Definition of countrified adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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