Rural

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rural
    adj 1: living in or characteristic of farming or country life;
           "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural
           roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" [ant:
           {urban}]
    2: of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city;
       "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rural \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
   country. Cf. {Room} space, {Rustic}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
      city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or
      resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural
      prospect.
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            Here is a rural fellow; . . .
            He brings you figs.                   --Shak.
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   2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
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   {Rural dean}. (Eccl.) See under {Dean}.

   {Rural deanery} (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
      a rural dean.
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   Syn: Rustic.

   Usage: {Rural}, {Rustic}. Rural refers to the country itself;
          as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic
          refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of
          the original inhabitants of the country, who were
          generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a
          rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
          etc.
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                We turn
                To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
                                                  --Thomson.
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                Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
                To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
                                                  --Dryden.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
RURAL. That which relates to the country, as rural servitudes. See Urban. 
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "rural":
      Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agronomic, arable,
      arcadian, bucolic, campestral, countrified, country, exurban, farm,
      farming, genuine, geoponic, georgic, homespun, idyllic,
      inartificial, lowland, native, natural, naturelike, outland,
      pastoral, provincial, rustic, simple, sylvan, unadorned,
      unaffected, unartificial, unassuming, undesigning, undisguising,
      undissembling, undissimulating, unembellished, unfeigning,
      unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unspoiled,
      unvarnished, upland

    

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