bucolically

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

bu•col•ic /byuˈkɑlɪk/   adj. 

1. of or relating to country living, esp. to ideal country living;
   pastoral:
   the bucolic setting of the old farms in the background.

bu•col•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

bu•col•ic  (byo̅o̅ kol′ik), adj. 

Also, bu•col′i•cal. 
1. of or pertaining to shepherds;
   pastoral.
2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.

n. 

3. Poetry a pastoral poem.
4. [Archaic.] a farmer;
   shepherd;
   rustic.

• Greek boukolikós rustic, equivalent. to boukól(os) herdsman (bou-, stem of boûs ox + -kolos keeper + -ikos -ic
• Latin būcolicus
• 1525–35

bu•col′i•cal•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 2, 3. georgic.