Word Meanings - GRUNDYISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. -- Grun"dy*ist, n.

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• NARROW
  Formed by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e and oo , etc., from ì and oo , etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13. Note: Narrow
• CONVENTIONALISM
  The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
• NARROW-MINDED
  Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
• NARROWER
  One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
• NARROWLY
  1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner. 2. Without much extent; contractedly. 3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. 4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly;
• NARROWNESS
  The condition or quality of being narrow.
• NARROWING
  1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.