narrowness
Collocations
2ADJ.
deadly, longer
NARROWNESS + NOUN
monotony
Definitions
noun
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
“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.”
A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a small margin
- slimness
noun — an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking be
- narrow-mindedness
Antonyms
- wideness
- broadness
- broad-mindedness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
2presently, 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
Wiktionary“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.”
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