adj referring to the countryside ○ Rural roads are usually fairly narrow. ○ We live quite close to a town but the country round us still looks very rural.
ru´ral
a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as rural scenes; a rural prospect. “Here is a rural fellow; …
He brings you figs.” Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean. — Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. Syn. — Rustic. — Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. “We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.” Thomson. “Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.” Dryden.
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as rural scenes; a rural prospect. “Here is a rural fellow; …
He brings you figs.” Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean. — Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. Syn. — Rustic. — Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. “We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.” Thomson. “Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.” Dryden.
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