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  • adjective Alternative spelling of citified.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person

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Examples

  • The village beaus scornfully called him "cityfied," and secretly longed to be like him.

    Dr. Heidenhoff's Process Edward Bellamy 1874

  • Her bluish-gray eyes could be particularly appealing; there was much mobility of expression; a wealth of slightly curling, light - chestnut hair was always stylishly arranged; in fact, her whole make - up caused the young fellows to speak of her as the "cityfied school - marm."

    Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll

  • Indeed, some of the fashions called "countryfied" are equally "cityfied," if we judge by the extent of the usage.

    Etiquette Agnes H. Morton

  • Philip St. Leger, black-haired, black-eyed, melancholy and romantic in look, cityfied and aristocratic in air and manner, attracted much attention among the simple people of the quiet town of Newberg.

    Hubert's Wife A Story for You Minnie Mary Lee

  • Shirley's skirt and blouse were of white linen, there was a knot of red under the broad sailor collar, she was hatless and the dark hair, -- never kept too closely within bounds -- was tossed and blown; there was certainly nothing especially cityfied in either appearance or manner.

    The S. W. F. Club Caroline E. Jacobs

  • Brampton Street, past a house with great iron dogs on the lawn, so imposing and cityfied that he hung back and asked who lived there.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • Their way brought them down Brampton Street, past a house with great iron dogs on the lawn, so imposing and cityfied that he hung back and asked who lived there.

    Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • Brampton Street, past a house with great iron dogs on the lawn, so imposing and cityfied that he hung back and asked who lived there.

    Coniston — Volume 03 Winston Churchill 1909

  • He was gawky, poorly clad, and doubtless presented a very grotesque appearance to the cityfied people to whom he vainly applied for employment.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

  • WONDERS will never cease -- we've got a railroad in Punkin Centre now; oh, we're gittin 'to be right smart cityfied.

    Uncle Josh Weathersby's "Punkin Centre Stories" 1903

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