provincially

Variant of provincial

adjective

  1. of or belonging to a province
  2. having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province
  3. of or like that of rural provinces; countrified; rustic
  4. designating or of a style, esp. of 18th-cent. European furniture, that was characteristic of the provinces and was a simpler and plainer copy of the style characteristic of the capital and cultural centers
  5. narrow; limited; unsophisticated: a provincial outlook

Origin: ME prouyncial < MFr < L provincialis

noun

  1. a native of a province
  2. a provincial person; esp., a narrow-minded or unsophisticated person

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