rustical

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Was it possible that in the whirligig of time a future could lie before one so uncouth and rustical?

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

"A rustical holiness," St. Jerome remarks, "is more valuable than vicious learning and criminal eloquence."

From The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Chalippe, Father Candide

Ladislaus blushed a little from fear that the young Englishwoman and his refined female relatives might judge him too rustical, but they glanced at him with a certain sympathy.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Valiant and most rustical Audacity," said the Southron knight, "to no man on earth could you have put a question on the code of honour, who was more capable of rendering you a reason.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir