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English Dictionary: narrowness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for narrowness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
narrowness
n
  1. the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road"
    Antonym(s): broadness, wideness
  2. an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
    Synonym(s): narrow-mindedness, narrowness
    Antonym(s): broad-mindedness
  3. a restriction of range or scope; "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. a small margin; "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"
    Synonym(s): narrow margin, narrowness, slimness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Narrowness \Nar"row*ness\, n. [AS. nearunes.]
      The condition or quality of being narrow.
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