St_i_ingly E_e_ic (8)

I believe the answer is:

arcadian

(Other definitions for arcadian that I've seen before include "Green" , "Can a raid take place in poetically rural kind of setting?" , "Of idealised country life" , "Country dweller" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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