Broad and Narrow

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Broad adjective - Having a greater than usual measure across.

Usage example: an unusually broad expanse of water in the island-dotted lake

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Narrow is an antonym for broad in topics: large, full, extensive, liberal-minded, wide physically.

Narrow adjective - Being of less than usual width.

Usage example: found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through

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Broad is an antonym for narrow in topics: thin, limited, cheap, intolerant, confined.

Where she's narrow, she's narrow as an arrow And she's broad where a broad should be broad!

Source: Curves in All the Right Places
If the broad side of one rectangular formation approaches the narrow side of another, the one approaching with the broad side will win (assuming same quantities of the same units in each formation).

Source: Never Split The Party
The "narrow way" to Truth is an actual narrow way that leads up a very steep mountain, while the "broad road" that leads away from Truth is, yes, an actual broad road.

Source: Allegory

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