provincial

[ pruh-vin-shuhl ]

/ prəˈvɪn ʃəl /

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adjective

belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.

of or relating to the provinces: provincial customs; provincial dress.

having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial: a provincial point of view.

(often initial capital letter) Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, especially when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital: Italian Provincial.

History/Historical. of or relating to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.

noun

a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.

a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.

Ecclesiastical.

the head of an ecclesiastical province.
a member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province.

Origin of provincial

1300–50; Middle English (noun and adj.) < Latin prōvinciālis. See province, -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR provincial

3 rural, small-town.

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OTHER WORDS FROM provincial

pro·vin·cial·ly, adverb in·ter·pro·vin·cial, adjective non·pro·vin·cial, adjective non·pro·vin·cial·ly, adverb

qua·si-pro·vin·cial, adjective qua·si-pro·vin·cial·ly, adverb sem·i·pro·vin·cial, adjective sem·i·pro·vin·cial·ly, adverb sub·pro·vin·cial, adjective, noun un·pro·vin·cial, adjective un·pro·vin·cial·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH provincial

providential provincial

Words nearby provincial

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Example sentences from the Web for provincially

Isolate we have indeed been as a people, but not provincially nor narrowly nor proudly isolate.

Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross |John Huston Finley
The Romans having governed Oceana provincially, the Teutons were the first that introduced the form of the late monarchy.

The Commonwealth of Oceana |James Harrington
Clay-slate is provincially called Killas; and Porphyry is known by the name of Elvan.

A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End |John Ayrton Paris
He arrived in Paris at the age of twenty-five, provincially instructed, but already of a marvellous erudition.

Aspects and Impressions |Edmund Gosse

If this scheme should prove oppressive, provincially or parochially, he was willing to give it up.

Lord Chatham |Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery

British Dictionary definitions for provincially

provincial

/ (prəˈvɪnʃəl) /

adjective

of or connected with a province

characteristic of or connected with the provinces; local

having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in the provinces; rustic or unsophisticated; limited

NZ denoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealand

noun

a person lacking the sophistications of city life; rustic or narrow-minded individual

a person coming from or resident in a province or the provinces

the head of an ecclesiastical province

the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order

Derived forms of provincial

provinciality (prəˌvɪnʃɪˈælɪtɪ), noun provincially, adverb

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adjective

noun

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adjective

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