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Meaning of 'narrowness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Narrowness [ n.]
- The condition or quality of being narrow.

Meaning of 'narrowness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . narrowness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a restriction of range or scope
Example in sentence:
  • frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons;
  • the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus;
  • the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
Meaning (2):
- a small margin
Example in sentence:
  • the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote;
  • the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
Meaning (3):
- the property of being narrow; having little width
Example in sentence:
  • the narrowness of the road

Nearby Words:

narceine narcissine narcissus narcissuses narcosis narcotic narcotical narcotine narcotinic narcotism

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