How to spell narrow

hear itnar·row/'næroʊ/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Not wide; limited in width.

In a sentence: The kitten walked down the narrow path.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r. Often misspelled as narow or naro.

Same family: narrowed, narrowing, narrower, narrowest, narrowly. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Narrow” comes from Old English *nearu*, meaning ‘constricted’ or ‘limited.’ Over time it has kept both a physical sense (a narrow street) and a more abstract sense (to narrow your choices or focus).

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