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What is the adjective for narrow?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb narrow which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

narrow
  1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
  2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
  3. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
  4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
  5. Having a small margin or degree.
  6. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened
  7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
  8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
  9. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “He manages to wedge the phone in between two fingers and attempts to lift it out of the narrow space.”
      “A table with narrow legs can still be stable if there are crossbars to add support.”
      “Pundits say that the offering is, within its narrow scope, useful and likely to improve and expand quickly.”
narrowhead
  1. (zoology) Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
narrowfield
narrower
narrowish
  1. Somewhat narrow.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Its 27-cm length is pretty standard, and the front and middle of the saddle feel like any other narrowish racing perch.”
      “Another of the region's seats, with a narrowish 6,389 Labour majority over Tories last time, declares at about 3.30 am.”
      “Finally we got into the reception room which was a much larger space but a long narrowish room with the dance floor in the middle.”
narrowest
  1. superlative form of narrow: most narrow
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Rather, he is ensuring that the principle of one-man-one-vote holds good, even if it comes down to the narrowest of margins.”
      “From the narrowest of angles he took aim at an empty net but saw his shot rebound from the near post.”
      “After all its just a thrown together bunch of experiences with the narrowest of pretenses holding it all together.”
narrowed
narrowing
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