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Narrowness

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Noun

1. narrowness

the property of being narrow; having little width

Example Sentences:
'the narrowness of the road'

2. narrow-mindedness, narrowness

an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior

3. narrowness

a restriction of range or scope

Example Sentences:
'the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students'
'the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus'
'frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons'

4. narrow margin, narrowness, slimness

a small margin

Example Sentences:
'the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory'
'the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Narrowness

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adjective
1. 
small in breadth, esp in comparison to length
2. 
limited in range or extent
3. 
limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision
4. 
limited in means or resources; meagre
narrow resources
5. 
barely adequate or successful (esp in the phrase a narrow escape)
6. 
painstakingly thorough; minute
a narrow scrutiny
7. finance
denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances
narrow money
Compare broad (sense 14)
8. dialect
overcareful with money; parsimonious
9. phonetics
a.  another word for tense1 (sense 4)
b. 
relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions
c.  another word for close1 (sense 21)
10. 
(of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein
11.  narrow squeak
verb
12. 
to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
noun
13. 
a narrow place, esp a pass or strait

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Narrowness

see synonyms of narrowness
adjective
1. 
small in width as compared to length; esp., less wide than is customary, standard, or expected; not wide
2. 
limited in meaning, size, amount, or extent
a narrow majority
3. 
limited in outlook; without breadth of view or generosity; not liberal; prejudiced
a narrow mind
4. 
close; careful; minute; thorough
a narrow inspection
5. 
with limited margin; with barely enough space, time, etc.; barely successful
a narrow escape
6. 
limited in means; with hardly enough to live on
narrow circumstances
7.  US
having a relatively high proportion of protein
said of livestock feed
8.  Dialectal
stingy; parsimonious
9.  Phonetics
tense
said of certain vowels
verb intransitive
10. 
to decrease in width; contract
the river narrows
verb transitive
11. 
to decrease or limit in width, extent, or scope; restrict
to narrow an argument
noun
12. 
a narrow part or place, esp. in a valley, mountain pass, road, etc.
13.  [usually pl.]
a narrow passage, as between two bodies of water; strait

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Narrowness

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v. nar·rowed, nar·row·ing, nar·rows
v.tr.
1. To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.
2. To limit or restrict: narrowed the possibilities down to three.
v.intr.
To become narrower; contract.
n.
1. A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.
2. narrows (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.
b. A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.
adj. nar·row·er, nar·row·est
1. Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.
2. Limited in area or scope; cramped.
3. Lacking flexibility; rigid: narrow opinions.
4. Barely sufficient; close: a narrow margin of victory.
5. Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous: narrow scrutiny.
6. Linguistics Tense.

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