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Definition of Cramped
1. Adjective. Constricted in size. "Trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"
Definition of Cramped
1. Verb. (past of cramp) ¹
2. Adjective. uncomfortably restricted in size ¹
3. Adjective. overcrowded or congested ¹
4. Adjective. tight because of or like suffering a cramp ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cramped
1. cramp [v] - See also: cramp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cramped
Literary usage of Cramped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... until, finally, satisfied, I moved my head off my arm and stretched my arm
out of its cramped position, and felt no more this bête noir of earlier days, ..."
2. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"cramped arrangements to be discouraged, but excessive completeness in the Offices
... cramped and penurious arrangements of the Offices have spoilt so many ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... until, finally, satisfied, I moved my head ofF my arm and stretched my arm
out of its cramped position, and felt no more this bête noir of earlier days, ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... but not cramped with iron 1—The flat on the T°ur !n top is very extensive;
but on the insulated part there is no parapet—Though it was broad enough, ..."
5. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"might have arisen among those prolific regions, superior in importance to any
subsequent colony of Holland, cramped from its birth by absolute subjection to ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1839)
"... claims to superiority, our onward course is cramped and embarrassed through
the influence of an improvident, unconstitutional, and imbecile currency. ..."
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