provincial
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.
Origin of provincial
1Other words for provincial
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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How to use provincial in a sentence
She tells us how little the federal and provincial governments have done to regulate the tar sands.
Twenty years ago it would have been laughable to believe that English provincial cuisine could match French provincial cuisine.
A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? | Clive Irving | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a province with tens of thousands of Iraq Security Forces, Tikrit, the provincial capital, was seized without a fight.
The Paper Tiger of the Tigris: How ISIS Took Tikrit Without a Fight | Andrew Slater | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd on Tuesday, a candidate for a provincial office and nine of his supporters were kidnapped and killed by the Taliban.
Would You Risk Your Life to Vote? It Looks Like 7 Million Afghans Did. | Dean Obeidallah | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn July, parliament lowered its quota for female lawmakers on provincial councils from 25 percent to 20 percent.
Legalized Spousal Abuse Is Coming to Afghanistan | Nina Strochlic | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAt this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellTrue, she had never met the provincial type before, but she doubted if Rosewater had produced a crop of Isabel Otises.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe had no wish to emulate, but neither did she relish feeling provincial, a chit, an outsider.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for provincial
/ (prəˈvɪnʃəl) /
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
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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