Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: insular
IPA transcription: ['ɪnsəlɚ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: insular, parochial
    Meaning: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
  • Synonyms: insular
    Meaning: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
  • Synonyms: insular
    Meaning: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
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