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Definition of Narrow-mindedly
1. Adverb. In a narrow-minded manner. "Narrow-mindedly, the authorities closed down the cafe where teenagers used to hang out"
Definition of Narrow-mindedly
1. Adverb. In a narrow-minded manner. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Narrow-mindedly
Literary usage of Narrow-mindedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1884)
"Lastly—and it is a matter of far-reaching importance- the Chinaman habitually
shows himself much more tra» ' liberal,' or, if you will, less narrow-mindedly ..."
2. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1919)
"The part; went out of use except as it was used to desci was extremely and
narrow-mindedly conservati influential representatives of the Conservative ..."
3. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"In caricaturing George Sand, Zola draws his own portrait, or rather his own
caricature, for he is certainly not so narrow-mindedly matter-of-fact as thi«. ..."
4. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"... a morbidly harsh and bigoted austerity, sometimes unfortunately misnamed '
Puritanism,' which narrow-mindedly sees evil in the most innocent enjoyments ..."
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