insular

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

• Near-synonym: islandic

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others' opinions or prejudices; provincial.

• Near-synonym: peninsular

Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.

• Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything: her only regret was that she had no pretty clothes with her.

Relating to the insula in the brain.

Relating to insulin.

(often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other

An islander.

• these insulars in general live in a gross saline air , and their vessels being less elastic are consequently less able to subdue and cast off what their bodies as sponges draw in