citified
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈsɪtəˌfaɪd/
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urbanizado
- She felt out of place among the citified crowd at the gallery opening.
- looked citified
Examples
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Puttermesser’s citified heart rose in her well-bundled ribs.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mr. Shevvington, elegant and citified, looked both strong and hurt, dignified and crushed.
Fiction book (1990) -
So get outta here, you goddamn, wig-wearin', citified son of a bitch!
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Well, you walleyed, citified idiot!
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Two citified women seemed to disagree with her appraisal and had bid the price up past $500.
Fiction book (2001) -
I remember how excited I was that Aunt Rose lived right around the corner, but at the same time, Aunt Rose seemed too citified to live in the suburbs.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I despise your citified claptrap.
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That I would be " a bovine, clodpated, citified moron"... if I didn't hire you on the spot.
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The bar was named "The Shanty" and was frequented by citified Indians and other denizens of the once-natural world.
Fiction book (1995) -
This same physically beautiful lady, when treated wrong, could get up on her hind legs and take care of herself, as many citified males had found out when they visited us backwards hicks.
Blog text (12)
Synonyms
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2.5
About a city or town rather than the countryside
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7.0
A person who is polite and confident in social situations
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4.6
A place that has more buildings, roads, and people like a city
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4.1
Like a city with busy streets and tall buildings
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5.3
Having the manners and habits of a person raised in a city
Having the manners and dress of people from a city
Antonyms
How Urban
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Citified comes from the familiar word city ('town') and the ending -ified meaning 'made like'. So a citified person or style is 'made like' someone from a city, for example in clothes, manners, or way of speaking.