Adjective

(en adjective)

Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.

* 2005 , Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei :

Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.

* 2009 , Andrew Brown, The Guardian , 23 Dec 2009:

‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’

Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.

Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.

Adjective

(er)

Having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=14 citation , passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

* Bishop Wilkins

The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.

a narrow''' mind; '''narrow views

* Macaulay

a narrow understanding

Having a small margin or degree.

The Republicans won by a narrow majority.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs

, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.}}

(dated) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching.

narrow circumstances

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

* Smalridge

a very narrow and stinted charity

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

* Milton

But first with narrow search I must walk round / This garden, and no corner leave unspied.

(phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.