Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Provincial

1. provincial (adjective)
2.
province, provincialism
3.
provincial: a. Characteristics of people or things away from the capital of a country. b. Limited in range or perspective; narrow; ill-informed; unsophisticated. c. Of or relating to a province. (Vocabulary for Achievement)
4. The typhoon had a much larger damage on the provincial regions, as their houses were not built with materials of good quality and many of them relied on the income from harvests, which were mostly destroyed by the deluge.
5. The provincial boy had never seen a cellphone before was shocked by the voice coming out of the small box and asked with horror: "Is someone in there?"


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