pastorally

In bucolic fashion

Pastorally describes something done in the manner of a pastor or relating to spiritual care and guidance: She counseled him pastorally through his grief.

The word also connects to pastoral in its rural sense—relating to shepherds, countryside, or idealized country life: The valley spread pastorally before them.

rustic

bucolic

Idyllically rural

agriculture · homestead · barn · grazing · livestock · orchard · vineyard · haystack · plow · harvest

religious

clergy

Ordained religious officials collectively

ministry · parish · chaplain · vicar · rector · priesthood · guidance · shepherd · minister · preach

idyllic

tranquil

Calm and untroubled

picturesque · unspoiled · sylvan · gentle · harmonious · quaint · nostalgic · wholesome · contented · placid

Opposites
landscape/setting

pastorallyindustrially

By manufacturing methods

commercially · mechanically · citified

pace/atmosphere

pastorallyhectically

In a frantic manner

frenetically · chaotically · stressfully · turbulently · frantically

religious/clerical function

pastorallysecularly

Without religious context

temporally · profanely

Phrases
Family

pastoral, pastoralist, pastoralism, pastoralists

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Rated G