narrowness. thinness
Roget category 203
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
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#203.
Narrowness. Thinness
noun
narrowness
etc.
adj. —
closeness,
exility† —
exiguity
etc.
(little)
193.
line —
hair's breadth,
finger's breadth —
strip,
streak,
vein.
monolayer —
epitaxial deposition [Eng.].
thinness
etc.
adj. —
tenuity —
emaciation,
macilency†,
marcor†.
shaving,
slip
etc.
(filament)
205 —
thread paper,
skeleton,
shadow,
anatomy,
spindleshanks†,
lantern jaws,
mere skin and bone.
middle constriction,
stricture,
neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass —
ridge,
ghaut†,
ghat†,
pass —
ravine
etc.
198.
narrowing,
coarctation†,
angustation†,
tapering —
contraction
etc.
195.
verb
be narrow
etc.
adj. —
narrow,
taper,
contract
etc.
195 —
render narrow
etc.
adj. —
waste away.
adjective
narrow,
close —
slender,
thin,
fine —
thread-like
etc.
(filament)
205 —
finespun†,
gossamer —
paper-thin —
taper,
slim,
slight-made —
scant,
scanty —
spare,
delicate,
incapacious† —
contracted
etc.
195 —
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194† —
slender as a thread.
[in reference to people or animals]
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent† —
lank,
lanky —
weedy,
skinny —
scrawny slinky [U.S.] —
starved,
starveling —
herring gutted —
worn to a shadow,
lean as a rake
[Chaucer];
thin as a lath,
thin as a whipping post,
thin as a wafer —
hatchet-faced —
lantern-jawed.
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid†,
marcid†,
barebone,
rawboned.
monomolecular.
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