Origin of narrow
before 900; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark
Synonyms for narrow
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restriction, barrier, confinement, thinness, impediment, intolerance, bigotry, bias, prejudice, insularityExamples from the Web for narrowness
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Kate's nature was limited; part of her graceful equipoise was narrowness.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
To this narrowness Burns, with all his faults of style, was a stranger.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
It is here that the narrowness of the mind of woman is revealed in all its meanness.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
The narrowness serves to concentrate the strength and accelerate the work.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
More than two could not attack him at once by virtue of the narrowness of the passage.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
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See also narrows
Word Origin for narrow
Old English nearu; related to Old Saxon naru
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