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suburban

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sub·ur·ban  (s-bûrbn)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a suburb.
2. Located or residing in a suburb.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture, customs, and manners typical of life in the suburbs.
n.
A suburbanite.
suburban
Adjective
1. of, in, or inhabiting a suburb
2. Mildly disparaging conventional and unexciting
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.suburban - relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"
Translations
suburban [səˈbəːbən] adj → suburbano; [train etc] → de cercanías
suburban [səˈbəːbən] suburb adj → de banlieue, suburbain(e)
suburban [səˈbəːbən] suburb adj (train etc) → Vorort-;
(lifestyle etc) → spießig, kleinbürgerlich
suburban [səˈbəːbən] adj → suburbano/a


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The cottage from the window of which the Misses Williams had looked out stands, and has stood for many a year, in that pleasant suburban district which lies between Norwood, Anerley, and Forest Hill.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The women whom he had come across in his battle upwards, barmaids and their fellows, fifth-rate actresses, occasionally the suburban wife of a prosperous City man, had impressed him only with a sort of coarse contempt.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value, he was not proof against the familiar thoughts which the suburban streets and the damp shrubs growing in front gardens and the absurd names painted in white upon the gates of those gardens suggested to him.
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