as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a bucolic region where farms are still common
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The bucolic estate is home to an 18-hole golf course, equestrian stables, sporting clay courses, and also, real life Hobbit Houses.
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Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 11 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
Hedy Buzan, a printmaker and painter who works in pen and ink, acrylics and watercolor, is a 22-year Village resident who maintains a studio in bucolic Laguna Canyon.
—Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
Sure, you get pummeled by giant monsters, from griffins and ogres to lumbering cyclopses, but more than honing your combat skills, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is about moving through an bucolic open world teeming with interactive possibilities.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 11 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
Hedy Buzan, a printmaker and painter who works in pen and ink, acrylics and watercolor, is a 22-year Village resident who maintains a studio in bucolic Laguna Canyon.
—Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
Sure, you get pummeled by giant monsters, from griffins and ogres to lumbering cyclopses, but more than honing your combat skills, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is about moving through an bucolic open world teeming with interactive possibilities.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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