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
  • The loneliness epidemic affects many of us, but it is profoundly seen in rural areas, our senior communities, and among young people.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The home, in rural Plains, Georgia — about a two-and-a-half hour drive south from Atlanta — is a two-bedroom ranch most recently assessed at just $167,066, according to public property records.
    Tom Huddleston Jr.,Sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of rural
Adjective
  • In Canada, this is largely a provincial responsibility, but the national government shouldered a lot of the blame.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of provincial
Adjective
  • This year's countrified holiday music program will be hosted by Amy Grant and Trisha Yearwood and feature a night of spirited Christmas classics.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of countrified
Adjective
  • Echoing its 12th century roots, San Pietro offers an opportunity for quiet reflections and spa services in a bucolic setting.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Every one of the 40 rooms and suites overlooks the bucolic grounds, some with grassy terraces.
    Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of bucolic
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