adjective
- Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
- usage: "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
- Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city.
- usage: "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"
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