The village beaus scornfully called him "cityfied," and secretly longed to be like him. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Heidenhoff's Process] Reference
Indeed, some of the fashions called "countryfied" are equally "cityfied," if we judge by the extent of the usage. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Her bluish-gray eyes could be particularly appealing; there was much mobility of expression; a wealth of slightly curling, light - chestnut hair was always stylishly arranged; in fact, her whole make - up caused the young fellows to speak of her as the "cityfied school - marm.". From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
But we're not so cityfied that we don't recognize the benefits of urban agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
While the example was ordered in Britain, the newborn flick module verify locate in an cityfied dweller setting. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
WONDERS will never cease -- we've got a railroad in Punkin Centre now; oh, we're gittin 'to be right smart cityfied. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Josh Weathersby's "Punkin Centre Stories"] Reference
Brampton Street, past a house with great iron dogs on the lawn, so imposing and cityfied that he hung back and asked who lived there. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
He was gawky, poorly clad, and doubtless presented a very grotesque appearance to the cityfied people to whom he vainly applied for employment. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
A drunken man poked her in the ribs, the blacksmith called to her as she passed by, the doctor’s wife leaned out of the window and asked her who the cityfied lady was. From Wordnik.com. [Gänsemännchen. English] Reference
"Oh! how lovely and how different from our own seaside places, with their hot sands, board walks, and cityfied shops. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Travels] Reference
Death at a Funeral was not prefabricated this assemblage and does not verify locate in an cityfied dweller setting, and he's discover to mend that (via. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
She'll suit you just as well as any of these proud cityfied damsels -- after you've sent her a term or two to boarding school; and she'll be more content to stay up here than the city girl would. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Pessimist In Theory and Practice] Reference
They have such a cityfied air. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
You certainly do not look very cityfied!. From Wordnik.com. [Heidi (Gift Edition)] Reference
By reason 'at it ain't cityfied!. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
"How cityfied I'm getting. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
No amount of attempts at smoothing or trimming him down, no efforts at personal adornment in his case, could make of him any thing but what he was, here in the great city, as well as at his seaside home, the typical old sea-faring man, rough, hearty, simple, and good-natured, garrulous to excess, as we had often proved, and not to be polished, or made what he called "cityfied.". From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls] Reference
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