narrow+circumstances

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• narrow circumstances — plural noun Poverty, pennilessness • • • Main Entry: ↑narrow * * * poverty …   Useful english dictionary

• narrow circumstances — poverty. → narrow …   English new terms dictionary

• narrow circumstances — poverty, indigence …   English contemporary dictionary

• in narrow circumstances — index poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Narrow — Nar row (n[a^]r r[ o]), a. [Compar. {Narrower} (n[a^]r r[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Narrowest}.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Narrow gauge — Narrow Nar row (n[a^]r r[ o]), a. [Compar. {Narrower} (n[a^]r r[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Narrowest}.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• narrow — [nar′ō, ner′ō] adj. [ME narwe < OE nearu, akin to MDu nare, OS naru < IE base * (s)ner , to turn, twist > SNARE, Gr narkē, stupor] 1. small in width as compared to length; esp., less wide than is customary, standard, or expected; not… …   English World dictionary

• narrow — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Quakerish, Spartan, Victorian, abate, abbreviate, abstemious, accented, accurate, adjust to, alter, alveolar, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental …   Moby Thesaurus

• narrow — narrowly, adv. narrowness, n. /nar oh/, adj., narrower, narrowest, v., n. adj. 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 2. limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow… …   Universalium

• narrow — adj., n., & v. adj. (narrower, narrowest) 1 a of small width in proportion to length; lacking breadth. b confined or confining; constricted (within narrow bounds). 2 of limited scope; restricted (in the narrowest sense). 3 with little margin (a… …   Useful english dictionary

• narrow — adjective (narrower, narrowest) 1》 of small width in comparison to length. 2》 limited in extent, amount, or scope. 3》 barely achieved: a narrow escape. 4》 Phonetics denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to… …   English new terms dictionary