provincial

Everyday

1. Provincial means belonging to a province or a region outside the capital city. tree →
2. Provincial can also mean old-fashioned or narrow-minded, as if from the countryside. tree →

In the lessons

in stories and lessons, names a local word or local way of speaking that people outside the capital do not use: «a provincial word»; a snobbish name for someone from the country

Examples

• The word is provincial and nobody in the city uses it. tree →
• The old schoolmaster called the lad a provincial. tree →
• Our provincial town has one shop and one bus. tree →

Note

nothing for maths