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narrowness

nar·row
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nar-oh]
    • /ˈnær oʊ/
    • /ˈnærəʊnɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nar-oh]
    • /ˈnær oʊ/

Definitions of narrowness word

  • adjective narrowness of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 1
  • adjective narrowness limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters. 1
  • adjective narrowness limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion. 1
  • adjective narrowness lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind. 1
  • adjective narrowness with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape. 1
  • adjective narrowness careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry. 1

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Origin of narrowness

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark

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Parts of speech for Narrowness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

narrowness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for narrowness

noun narrowness

  • restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
  • confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  • thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.

Antonyms for narrowness

noun narrowness

  • freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
  • fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
  • tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
  • width — extent from side to side; breadth; wideness.

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