insular

adjective
in·su·lar
/ˈɪnsjələ/

Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.

Other meanings

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.
Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.

Related words

retroinsular
adipoinsular
circuminsular
enteroinsular
frontoinsular
insularity
insularization
insularize
insularly
interinsular
microinsular
monoinsular

Example sentences

“The community is insular but harmless.”
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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “insular” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.