insular

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Situated on an island

There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs.

Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands

With these he held undisputed sway over his insular domains, and carried on intercourse with the chiefs or governors whom he had placed in command of the several islands.

Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner

Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything.

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial

e had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation.

pertaining to an island
{i} resident of an island, islander
separate or isolated from its surroundings
{s} pertaining to an island; living or located on an island; isolated; narrow-minded
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
disapproval If you say that someone is insular, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas. the old image of the insular, xenophobic Brit. + insularity in·su·lar·ity But at least they have started to break out of their old insularity
An islander
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" 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 relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture
Either of an island, or suggestive of the isolated condition of an island
resembling or characteristic of an island
having an inward-looking outlook, or having little contact with external parties; provincial
of, or pertaining to, an island or islands
Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
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
insulary
insular Spaniard
A person of Spanish descent who lives in the Philippines

The first thing the separatists desired was to get rid of the Peninsuar Spaniard; the next to go would have been the insular Spaniard, then the Spanish mestizo, then the chinee half-caste and the chinee; after which would come the gradual extinction of the various tribes.

ınsular
{a} belonging to or like an island, detached
insularity
The state or quality of being an island or consisting of islands; insulation
insularity
Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice; exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the aristocracy
insularity
The quality or property of being insular
insularity
{i} state of being an island; state of living on or being located on an island; narrowness of mind, provinciality; isolation
insularity
the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
insularly
In an insular manner
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