narrowness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English narwenesse; equivalent to narrow + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being narrow.
presently, then, I felt the stiff insertion between the yielding, divided lips of the wound, now open for life; where the narrowness no longer put me to intolerable pain, and afforded my lover no more difficulty than what heighten'd his pleasure, in the strict embrace of that tender, warm sheath, round the instrument it was so delicately adjusted to
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:“You will understand me when I say that it was a deadly life for a girl brought up as I had been. The narrowness, the deadly monotony of it, almost drove me mad.”
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 141:
- (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrownesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
broadness (antonym(s) of “state of being narrow”) · wideness (antonym(s) of “state of being narrow”)
Translations (28)
hy նեղություն (state of being narrow) · ja 狭さ (state of being narrow) · gsw Schmeeli (state of being narrow) · fi kapeus (state of being narrow) · ja 狭隘 (state of being narrow) · fr étroitesse (state of being narrow) · mk тесно́тија (state of being narrow) · ar ضَيْق (state of being narrow) · enm narwenesse (state of being narrow) · ja 狭窄 (state of being narrow) · ru у́зость (state of being narrow) · de Enge (state of being narrow) · fi ahtaus (state of being narrow) · mk те́снота (state of being narrow) · tr darlık (state of being narrow) · ca estretor (state of being narrow) · fi täpäryys (state of being narrow) · grc στενότης (state of being narrow) · de Beschränktheit (state of being narrow) · es estrechez (state of being narrow) · ja 狭小 (state of being narrow) · eo mallarĝeco (state of being narrow) · pt estreiteza (state of being narrow) · mk сте́снетост (state of being narrow) · mhr аҥысыр (state of being narrow) · la angustia (state of being narrow) · el στενότητα (state of being narrow) · akk pušqum (state of being narrow)