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Comparative for of, or concerning, rural regions remote from a city
“He also regularly donated money to the church in the provincial town from which he and most of his workers migrated.”
Comparative for of, or concerning, a province of a country or empire
“Acadians brought with them provincial cooking styles from France.”
Comparative for insular in one's views, opinions or outlook
“What I see as a provincial mindset in Deloney and Dekker might be expected to bring with it the baggage of xenophobia, but as the above examples make clear, xenophobia is a rather muted issue.”
Comparative for unsophisticated or uncultured in manner or behavior
“One belief is that the comedies in the paintings are crude and provincial, an old-fashioned folk-theatre appropriate to colonists distant from the cultural mainstream.”
Comparative for a person unaffected by or unaware of the social protocols of modern society
Comparative for belonging to, or characteristic of, values and attitudes of the middle class
Comparative for located far from a given point, location or place
Comparative for relating to lands or territory previously unsettled
Comparative for situated in the interior of a country rather than on the coast
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