suburban

Used with adjective complement

• become: The aqueduct is followed by the short ( 308 yards ) Hyde Bank Tunnel after which the scenery becomes more suburban than rural.

Modifies a noun

• sprawl: In fact, New Jersey is more rural than most people realize despite its stereotype of urban and suburban sprawl.
• housewife: What was a typical day for a suburban Victorian housewife of 1890?
• semi: There are even a few roads of real suburban semis with real gardens.
• Shootout: Did anyone else catch " Suburban Shootout " on Five last night?
• mall: S brought to where international teams to suburban malls on tribune co.
• neighborhood: The increased standard of living could be seen in the various suburban neighborhoods that began to develop outside major cities.

Modifying Another Word

• very: I think they're predictable, they're everywhere, they're just very suburban now.
• then: There are big busy roads all the way to Plumstead, then suburban backroads to Erith.
• mainly: After a ten minute stroll, he arrived at a small building in a quiet, mainly suburban area.
• not: This is not suburban relaxed campus planning, but a limited area of land whose tight boundaries place high value on available land.
• predominantly: Instead it covers the predominantly suburban and agrarian landscape that separates Bolton and Wigan.
• typically: Typically suburban open plan, motor vehicle and highway dominated, arrangements should be avoided.

Preposition: in

• character: Housing to the north of Farnborough Way, heading toward Orpington, is more suburban in character than that found in the village.