backwoodsy

adjective

Definition of backwoodsynext
as in backwoods

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  1. backwoods
  2. rural
  3. provincial
  4. countrified
  5. bucolic
Adjective
  • Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2020
  • The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring .
    Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2020
Definition of backwoods
Adjective
  • While urban and rural development and climate change disturbances contribute to the problem, the expansion of large-scale agriculture poses the biggest threat to wetlands, according to the study.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Pacific Gas & Electric was also considering outages for about 600 of its customers in rural Kern County, according to PG&E spokesperson Jeff Smith.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of rural
Adjective
  • High in the Italian Alps, the wise but taciturn eldest daughters of a provincial matriarch, perpetually pregnant, vie for the attentions of Pietro (De Domenico), who hails from Sicily and has been deserted by the war.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Fabula, co-produced in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, follows Jos, a provincial criminal grappling with personal and professional failures.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of provincial
Adjective
  • In the rendition, recorded live at BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, Beabadoobee recasts Carpenter’s acerbic pop-rock hit into something gentler, with a slightly countrified, acoustic-guitar-and-strings arrangement — almost how the Corrs would’ve done it.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • God Save the Animals contains guitar solos, gothic keyboard riffs, spare and off-key acoustic guitar, warbles, countrified fiddle, at least one very thoughtful love song, and (don’t worry) enough moments that sound like Built to Spill.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of countrified
Adjective
  • The musician and actor announced her engagement to Benny Blanco with a requisite Instagram carousel, featuring a manicured hand, a bucolic picnic set-up littered with Taco Bell detritus and champagne bottles, and a starry smile.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
  • So went early Tuesday morning for nearly 3,000 students, faculty members and staff members at Pepperdine University, a Christian school in Malibu known for its bucolic setting of rolling hills and ocean views.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of bucolic
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