Narrowness

Narrowness
Narrowness Nar"row*ness, n. [AS. nearunes.] The condition or quality of being narrow. [1913 Webster]

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  • narrowness — noun 1. the property of being narrow; having little width (Freq. 1) the narrowness of the road • Ant: ↑wideness • Derivationally related forms: ↑narrow • Hypernyms: ↑width, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • narrowness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Restricted width Nouns 1. narrowness, closeness, exiguity, littleness; thinness, tenuity, emaciation; narrowing; tapering, contraction; finger s or hair s breadth, line; strip, streak, vein. 2. shaving,… …   English dictionary for students

  • narrowness — narrow ► ADJECTIVE (narrower, narrowest) 1) of small width in comparison to length. 2) limited in extent, amount, or scope. 3) barely achieved: a narrow escape. ► VERB 1) become or make narrower. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • narrowness — noun see narrow I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • narrowness — See narrowish. * * * …   Universalium

  • narrowness — noun a) the state of being narrow b) a constriction …   Wiktionary

  • narrowness — nar·row·ness || nærəʊnɪs n. state of being narrow; lack of breadth …   English contemporary dictionary

  • narrowness — n 1. closeness, nearness, tightness, tight squeeze, confinement; crowdedness, incommo diousness, Obs. incapaciousness; straitness, restriction, restrictedness, attenuation, reduction, curtailment, constriction, limitation, circumscription;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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