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narrownesses

narrownesses is the plural of narrowness.

Meaning of narrowness

Noun

narrowness (countable and uncountable, plural narrownesses)

  1. (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...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
  2. (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.

Questions about narrownesses

What is narrownesses the plural of?
Narrownesses is the plural of narrowness.

Words near narrownesses in the dictionary

  1. narrowminded
  2. narrowmindedly
  3. narrowmindedness
  4. narrowmindednesses
  5. narrowness
  6. narrownesses
  7. narrows
  8. narrows down
  9. narrows up
  10. narrowsome
  11. narrowtooth shark

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