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
  • Plans for the collaboration include podcasts from the small towns and rural communities in the South Central Tennessee region.
    Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Political pushback to create groundwater regulations in rural communities has been strong, particularly from key legislators like Rep. Gail Griffin, R-Hereford.
    Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of rural
Adjective
  • The soldiers changed into civilian clothes, left their weapons and rode in a truck to the provincial capital.
    Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement On Friday, Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny, provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 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
  • As a result, Briggs’ dream of a bucolic ranch life has instead been marred by animals found covered in oil, concerns for her groundwater and air quality, and even the looming threat of a random explosion.
    Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The private, 1,800-square-foot home sat on one acre of land, until Dafoe purchased the adjacent 4.7 acres, transforming the modest property into a bucolic estate.
    Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of bucolic
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