Synonyms for countrified


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-truh-fahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌn trəˌfaɪd


Définition of countrified

Origin :
  • 1650s, from country + past participle form of -fy.
  • adj provincial
Example sentences :
  • Is not that like nobody on earth but sweet, slow, obstinate, countrified Aunt Ann?
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • There are five thousand people in this old, faded, countrified town.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • Paris still bewildered him like some countrified boor on his first visit.
  • Extract from : « Artists' Wives » by Alphonse Daudet
  • His speech and his ways were "countrified," and they remained so all the days of his life.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • Fanny did n't say "countrified," but she meant it, and Polly felt uncomfortable.
  • Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott
  • She says it's just because we live down East here that we are so countrified.
  • Extract from : « Quicksilver Sue » by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • One of them was ungraceful, being fat and countrified, so all were laughing at her.
  • Extract from : « Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan » by Various
  • But I prefer to be alive and countrified than sophisticated in an ambulance and so I run.
  • Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
  • I've got business experience, you know; while you're green, countrified, you know.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Carter's Legacy » by Horatio Alger
  • Of all the places I had stayed at in Rgen this place was the most countrified and innocent.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rgen » by Elizabeth von Arnim

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