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ruralness

ruralness noun: the quality of being rural.

Noun

ruralness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being rural.
    • ‘Yii, that day, I stole looks at Jjali while cowering in my ruralness because the god who gave her everything had just served her my man and my marriage too.’2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 146

Origin of ruralness

From rural + -ness.

Questions about ruralness

What does ruralness mean?
Ruralness means the quality of being rural.
What part of speech is ruralness?
Ruralness is a noun.

Words near ruralness in the dictionary

  1. ruralized
  2. ruralizes
  3. ruralizing
  4. rurallike
  5. rurally
  6. ruralness
  7. ruraloid
  8. ruraloids
  9. ruralpolitan
  10. ruralpolitans
  11. rurals

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