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Definition of "citified" [cit•i•fied]

  • Having or pretending to have the sophisticated style or manner associated with an urban way of life. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "citified" in a sentence
  • "It is these "citified" Huichols who, because of the need for money have drawn attention to their rich culture through their art."
  • "He really _was_ a good-looking young man, and in his knickerbockers and golf stockings Janice thought he seemed very "citified" indeed."
  • "Dave scented patronage in his "citified" air; he and other young men at the table -- young men who helped about the farm -- resented everything about the stranger from the self-satisfied poise of his head to the aggressive gloss on his riding-boots."
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