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Definition of Provincially
1. Adverb. By the province; through the province. "Provincially controlled"
Definition of Provincially
1. adv. In a provincial manner.
Definition of Provincially
1. Adverb. In a provincial way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provincially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provincially
Literary usage of Provincially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... a-day (if the weather bo fair) for a week, when it is ready to be packed into
small shocks (provincially called ..."
2. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... not that it is obsolete or rare or local, but that the example is probably
unique—that in fact the word does not exist in English, even provincially. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... are in general covered with a dry soil on a hard blue rock, provincially called
rag. This county in general is rather mountainous and hilly, ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... only a quantity of superabundant moisture, provincially a sink, without any
fountain of running water." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 425. Su. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1874)
"(u'i), diphthong with ah=aa* gliding on to i, very common provincially and
constantly mistaken ... Common provincially, and often not distinguished from ey. ..."
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