Rural
/ˈɹʊə.ɹəl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person from the countryside; a rustic. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
"Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … ."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city wordnet
- 2 living in or characteristic of farming or country life wordnet
Example
More examples"At this stage there is still not a clear energy policy for bringing decentralised power to rural areas."
Etymology
From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.