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Comparative
more bucolic
Superlative
most bucolic
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evoking an idealized rural setting characterized by simplicity, tranquility, and natural beauty
- They rented a cottage in a bucolic valley to escape the city heat.
- The painting captures a bucolic sunset over rolling green fields.
- Her novel opens with a bucolic scene of children playing in a wildflower meadow.
- Guests strolled through bucolic orchards during the outdoor wedding reception.
- He prefers writing in his bucolic garden surrounded by birdsong.
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of or pertaining to the life or work of herdsmen and shepherds
- Their research focused on bucolic customs surrounding seasonal sheep migrations.
- He studied bucolic verses celebrating the daily routines of shepherds in ancient poetry.
- The museum's rural wing displays bucolic artifacts from nomadic cattle herders.
- The documentary explored bucolic practices of herdsmen in the Himalayan highlands.
- Local workshops teach bucolic skills like sheep shearing and pasture rotation.
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