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Indicative of an unsophisticated, rural lifestyle (11)

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I believe the answer is:

countrified

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'indicative' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for countrified that I've seen before include "Rural" , "Provincial" .)

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