rustical

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But accost them with honest freedom, and with that customary, and, though rustical, most gracious proffer, of the kissed hand, and they withhold neither their hands in turn nor their acquaintance in an honest way.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

She did not like country company; the rustical society and conversation annoyed her.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Shall we, I say, have no recreation? or must our recreations be ever clownish, or childish, consisting merely in rustical efforts, or in petty sleights of bodily strength and activity? 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac

After these so rustical despightes sũtime foloweth an ague or a paine of ye backe yt neuer cã be remedied.

From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard

Troth, nor I, he is of a rustical cut, I know not how: he doth not carry himself like a gentleman.

From Every Man in His Humour by Jonson, Ben