Dictionary Check: insular
"insular" is a valid word!
Scrabble
7
points
Words with Friends
10
points
Definition
adjective
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
Example:
"insular territories"
adjective
suggestive of the isolated life of an island
Example:
"an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"
adjective
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Example:
"little sympathy with parochial mentality"
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