rurallyadv.
/ˈrʊərəli/, /ˈrʊərl̩i/, U.S. /ˈrʊrəli/ In a rural manner; in the country.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adverb] > in country manner
rustically1538
rusticly?1611
rurally1668
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Alphabet. Dict. at Broad, in Ess. Real Char. sig. Bbb4 Speak [broad],..pronounce Rurally.
1734 Grub-St. Jrnl. 12 Sept. The whole [garden] being rurally enriched with all the common kinds of flowers.
1792 G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. 80 Jesus College is rurally situated at some distance from the body of the town.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 476 In a situation warmly sheltered and rurally picturesque.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xvii. 267 The houses are all so rurally concealed, that [etc.].
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iii. 267 Rurally quiet, [do thou] Brighten the plain!
1913 J. Hannon tr. P. L'Ermite Mighty Friend xviii. 538 The skinless, rather rich pork sausages known rurally as rillettes.
1967 Times 15 Apr. 21/4 Less rurally relaxing, but equally successful for making a change, can be short visits to big cities.
2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 11/1 Is there much point living rurally when all your work is in town?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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