Definitions
of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city
Word origin
From Old French rural, from Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.
Used in a sentence
“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 … .”
“The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Country, not city”5 letters
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