provincial
adjective
belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local.
unprovincial
-
a word derived from
provincial.
Example Sentences
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This is of course just as pure and unprovincial a word as "Kirche," or "église."
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
This is of course just as pure and unprovincial a word as 'Kirche,' or 'église.'
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
He loved to strut about among his humble neighbours in all the unprovincial glory of ruffles and lace, buck-skins and top-boots, and snowy, wide-spreading cravat.
From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall
