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adjective
1.
belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
2.
of or pertaining to the provinces: provincial customs; provincial dress.
3.
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.
4.
(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.
5.
History/Historical. of or pertaining to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.
noun
6.
a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.
7.
a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.
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Provincially
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Related forms
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
EXPANDqua·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. rural, small-town.
3. rural, small-town.
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Word Origin & History
provincial
late 14c., "pertaining to a province," from Fr. provincial (13c.), from L. provincialis, from provincia (see province). "Of the small towns and countryside" (as opposed to the capital and urban center) from 1630s, a French idiom. Suggestive of rude or narrow society from
EXPANDmid-18c. The noun meaning "country person" is from 1711. Provincialism in the political sense is attested from 1820.
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