pastoral
adjective/ˈpæstərəl/
Frequency rank: #7,333 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
relating to the countryside or rural life, often in an idealized way.
Example sentence
The painting showed rolling hills and grazing sheep in pastoral scenery.
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