in·su·lar ( n s -lr, nsy-)adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or constituting an island. b. Living or located on an island. 2. a. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island: "He is an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist" (Leonard Michaels). b. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial. 3. Anatomy Of or relating to isolated tissue or an island of tissue. [French insulaire, from Late Latin  nsul ris, from Latin nsula, island.]in su·lar·ism, in su·lari·ty (-l r-t ) n.in su·lar·ly adv. |
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