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Narrowness

The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Breadth 76% connected

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

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Intolerance 76% connected

Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

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Limitation 76% connected

The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.

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Margin 76% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Restriction 76% connected

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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Width 76% connected

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

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Denominationalism 76% connected

A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

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Fineness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being fine.

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Parochialism 76% connected

The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.

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Pettiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

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Provincialism 76% connected

A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteris…

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Sectarianism 76% connected

The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate chu…

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Thinness 76% connected

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

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Narrow 74% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

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Narrow 74% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

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Narrow-minded 74% connected

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.

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Narrow-minded 74% connected

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.

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Synonym 1

Slimness 92% connected

The quality or state of being slim.

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Antonym 2

Broadness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

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Broadness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

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