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bumpkinly

bump·kinly

uncommon

adjective

1.

awkwardly simple and provincial

  • “bumpkinly country boys”
  • “rustic farmers”
  • “a hick town”
  • “the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists”

Origin

From bumpkin + -ly.

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