SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
bucolic
adjective
Relating to the pleasant, quiet qualities of rural life.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
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See bucolic in use
The painting showed a bucolic scene of fields and grazing sheep.
The theater designer wanted a bucolic opening, with a quiet lane, distant fields, and neighbors exchanging baskets rather than rushing through traffic.
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