The village beaus scornfully called him "cityfied," and secretly longed to be like him. ❋ Edward Bellamy (1874)
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. ❋ Minnie Mary Lee (N/A)
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. ❋ Caroline E. Jacobs (N/A)
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." ❋ Robert S. Carroll (N/A)
Indeed, some of the fashions called "countryfied" are equally "cityfied," if we judge by the extent of the usage. ❋ Agnes H. Morton (N/A)
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. ❋ 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. ❋ 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. ❋ Unknown (1906)
WONDERS will never cease -- we've got a railroad in Punkin Centre now; oh, we're gittin 'to be right smart cityfied. ❋ Unknown (1903)
The very appearance of the church disconcerted me: it was a new cityfied one, meant to be pretty without, however, meaning to be too much so; I especially recall certain little efforts at wall decoration which I held in the greatest abomination, and shuddered when I looked at. ❋ Pierre Loti (1886)
For grown-up people the modern books which are sent out in such numbers, often very cheap, have likewise an artificial cityfied air so obviously got up and theatrical, such a mark of machinery on them, all stamped and chucked out by the thousand, that they have no attraction for a people who live with nature, and even in old age retain a certain childlike faith in honesty and genuine work. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)
But we're not so cityfied that we don't recognize the benefits of urban agriculture. ❋ JSOnline.com (2010)
While the example was ordered in Britain, the newborn flick module verify locate in an cityfied dweller setting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A drunken man poked her in the ribs, the blacksmith called to her as she passed by, the doctor’s wife leaned out of the window and asked her who the cityfied lady was. ❋ Jakob Wassermann (1903)
"Oh! how lovely and how different from our own seaside places, with their hot sands, board walks, and cityfied shops. ❋ Evelyn Raymond (1876)
She'll suit you just as well as any of these proud cityfied damsels -- after you've sent her a term or two to boarding school; and she'll be more content to stay up here than the city girl would. " ❋ Frederic Mayer Bird (1873)
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One-Chance Jack became cityfied when he learned that he had to push the rear door of the bus open, but it was too late as he was already two blocks down the route.
Mary-Angela showed off that she was cityfied as she displayed her extraordinary driving skills as she handled a six-corner intersection making it from Milwaukee to [Damen] smoothly, while acknowledging the cyclists on the road and [outwitting] a cabbie. She then gave her passenger a bit of information about the [Wicker Park] neighborhood. Mary-Angela is quite cityfied. ❋ Roscoe D (2010)
