1. (

• narrowness

) the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road" ;

2. (

• narrow-mindedness ,
• narrowness

) an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior ;

3. (

• narrowness ,

) a restriction of range or scope; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" ;

4. (

• narrow_margin ,
• narrowness ,
• slimness ,

) a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote" ;