pastoral
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈpæstərəl/
- Literature
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bucólico
- Others might look on sheep and a shepherd as a pastoral scene.
- pastoral land
- pastoral landscape
- pastoral scene
So it was like being on the same road and I got the scenery to change from icy, you know, views out my window, to green and pastoral, to gilded and gold.
- So it was like being on the same road and I got the scenery to change from icy, you know, views out my window, to green and pastoral, to gilded and gold.
- This will be so pastoral and idyllic and peaceful and it's actually fucking MMA with wings.
Examples
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The walls are painted with pastoral idyls: shepherdesses in swings, shepherds playing lutes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The campus is located in a beautiful pastoral setting.
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"But at the time when my dad was young, it was really quite pastoral.
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Measuring days and hours was sufficient for most tasks in pastoral communities.
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It was perfect for driving around the beautiful landscapes of the North Island, the pastoral nature of it all.
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The decision to retain a pastoral way of life was an ecologically and culturally sound decision.
Academic text (1999) -
Many creatures had made the arduous journey, not only by land, but on the wing, soaring high above the pastoral terrain.
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Marvin drives through the pastoral New Hampshire countryside, focused perhaps too intently on the road.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's so sad to see this beautiful pastoral countryside... blighted by the greed of a few men in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
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The artist captured the tranquility of the countryside in a pastoral painting.
Synonyms
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2.5
Of the countryside rather than the city, often near farms and open land
40
5.2
Having a simple, rough style like the countryside
9
8.6
Having the quiet, pleasant feel of the countryside
1
9.9
Describing a peaceful, simple country life with green fields and shepherds
Relating to the countryside, like fields and small farms
About fields and the countryside, like farms and open land
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pastoral comes from Latin pastor 'shepherd' and is related to the English word pasture 'field where animals eat'. So pastoral describes country life and the raising of animals.