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straitnessnoun
The state or quality of being strait.
straitnessnoun
The result or product of being strait.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Straitnessnoun
Etymology: from strait.
The town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitness of all the places 2 Maccab. xii.
It is a great errour, and a narrowness or straitness of mind, if any man think that nations have nothing to do one with another, except there be an union in sovereignty, or a conjunction in pact. Francis Bacon, Holy War.
The straitness of my conscience will not give me leave to swallow down such camels. Charles I .
If his own life answer the straitness of his proceeding, it shall become him well. William Shakespeare.
Among the Romans, the laws of the twelve tables did exclude the females from inheriting, and had many other straitnesses and hardships which were successively remedied. Matthew Hale.
The straitness of the conveniences of life amongst them had never reached so far, as to the use of fire, till the Spaniards brought it amongst them. John Locke.
Webster Dictionary
Straitnessnoun
the quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of straitness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of straitness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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