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pro·vin·cial

 (prə-vĭn′shəl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a province.
2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca).
3. Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the provinces.
2. A person who has provincial ideas or habits.

pro·vin′cial·ly adv.
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Adv.1.provincially - by the province; through the province; "provincially controlled"
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