rustical

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But accost them with honest freedom, and with that customary, and, though rustical, most gracious proffer, of the kissed hand, and they withhold neither their hands in turn nor their acquaintance in an honest way.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Was it possible that in the whirligig of time a future could lie before one so uncouth and rustical?

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

"I am afraid you do not like my name, sir," says I, annoyed with myself to be annoyed with such a rustical fellow.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

She did not like country company; the rustical society and conversation annoyed her.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

"Why, man," a third voice, somewhat nasal and rustical, struck in, "don't you know the Mayor of Bottitort?"

From From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Weyman, Stanley John