a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.
its inhabitants.
Origin of countryside
First recorded in 1615–25; country + side1
Words nearby countryside
country park, countrypeople, country risk, country rock, countryseat, countryside, Countryside Agency, country singer, country store, countrywide, countrywoman
I won’t try to describe, nor do I remember, the hundreds of miles that I drove with one eye on the road and one eye scouring the passing countryside.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular Science
In the Middle Ages, Cistercian and Benedictine monks in Burgundy, France, divided the countryside into climats, according to subtle differences in the landscape that seemed to translate into unique wine characteristics.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste?|Carolyn Beans|September 10, 2020|Science News
Because of how stones were placed, that speech or music would not have projected beyond Stonehenge into the surrounding countryside, or even to people standing near the stone circle, scientists report in the October Journal of Archaeological Science.
Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument|Bruce Bower|August 31, 2020|Science News
Together, the data imply that the post-pandemic cityscape may be less sexy than the countryside.
Sexless in the City - Facts So Romantic|Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay|August 11, 2020|Nautilus
“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ISI came to the CIA for assistance in fostering a revolt that had developed in the Afghan countryside against Communist rule.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’?|Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Imagine driving through the Scottish countryside, rolling through a vast landscape of green hills and cloudy skies.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Buy a pair of these and traipse around a big city center or off road through the Icelandic countryside.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2006, they moved to the countryside, close to the Chinese border.
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State|Lizzie Crocker|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, it is your own countryside, and you are a better man than your opponent.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
There was hardly a farm in the countryside but was marked with the seal of blood.
Bob, Son of Battle|Alfred Ollivant
He sketched the maids, the coachman, the peasants of the countryside.
The Precipice|Ivan Goncharov
She had been trying to make Etheldreda go to the hill fort, where all the women and children of the countryside had been sent.
King Alfred's Viking|Charles W. Whistler
Intrenchments such as the world has never seen before covered the countryside for fifty miles.