Related Words for the straight and narrow

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absolute
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Adjective, Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
ahead
x/
Adverb
alas
x/
Noun
aligned
x/
Adjective
alignment
x/x
Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
ana
/x
Noun, Adverb
antechamber
x//x
Noun
apex
/x
Noun
arranged
x/
Adjective
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
balcony
/xx
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
barricaded
/xxx
Adjective
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
baud
/
Noun
beam
/
Noun, Verb
bed
/
Noun, Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bight
/
Noun, Verb
bigoted
/xx
Adjective
blade
/
Noun, Verb
blaze
/
Noun, Verb
blinkered
/x
Adjective
bluntly
/x
Adverb
bottleneck
/xx
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
branch out
//
Phrase, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
brim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broaden
/x
Verb, Noun
buddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bumpy
/x
Adjective
busier
/xx
Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
casement
/x
Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
charted
/x
Adjective
chisel
/x
Noun, Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
claire
/
Name
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clearly
/x
Adverb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coiled
/
Adjective
col
x
Noun
concave
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
congested
x/x
Adjective
consecutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
constrain
x/
Verb
constrict
x/
Verb
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
corrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb
courtyard
/x
Noun
cramped
/
Adjective
crooked
/x
Adjective
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crotch
/
Noun, Verb
cuff
/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curly
/x
Adjective, Noun
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cylindrical
x/xx
Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
delicious
x/x
Adjective
delimit
x/x
Verb
delineate
x/xx
Verb
dependable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
detroit
x/
Name
diagonal
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
diminish
x/x
Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
directly
x/x
Adverb
distressed
x/
Adjective
diversify
x/xx
Verb
dogmatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
downright
/x
Adverb, Adjective
downsize
/x
Verb
droit
/
Noun
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
duty
/x
Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
egoistic
/x/x
Adjective
egotistical
xx/xx
Adjective
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
emma
/x
Name
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
entitled
x/x
Adjective
entitlement
x/xx
Noun
erect
x/
Adjective, Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
exactly
x/x
Adverb
fee
/
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
fill
/
Verb, Noun
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
footprints
/x
Verb
forthright
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
forthwith
//
Adverb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
franco
/x
Name
frank
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
frankly
/x
Adverb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gay
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
geometric
xx/x
Adjective
guileless
/x
Adjective
hair
/
Noun, Verb
has
/
Verb
hetero
xxx
Adjective, Noun
heterosexual
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
hollow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
honest
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
honestly
/xx
Adverb
honorable
/xxx
Adjective, Name
identify
x/xx
Verb
illiberal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
inclined
x/
Adjective
indirectly
xx/x
Adverb
inextricable
x/xxx
Adjective
instantly
/xx
Adverb
insular
/xx
Adjective, Name
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
intolerant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
jab
/
Noun, Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kidney
/x
Noun
law
/
Noun, Verb
leather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
legit
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
lessen
/x
Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
logically
/xx
Adverb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
looped
/
Adjective
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
loyal
/x
Adjective, Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
miserly
/xx
Adjective
mitigate
/xx
Verb
moderated
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
modest
/x
Adjective
myopic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
nail down
//
Phrase, Verb
narrowband
/xx
Adjective
narrowed
/x
Adjective
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
net
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
openly
/xx
Adverb
opinionated
x/xxx
Adjective
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
parochial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
path
/
Noun, Verb
paved
/
Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
pin down
//
Phrase, Verb
plainly
/x
Adverb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
pointy
/x
Noun, Adjective
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
promptly
/x
Adverb
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
purely
/x
Adverb
railed
/
Adjective
raised
/
Adjective
ranger
/x
Noun, Verb
recto
/x
Noun
rectum
/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
reductionist
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
reductive
x/x
Adjective
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
refine
x/
Verb
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
reliable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
respectively
x/xx
Adverb
restrain
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
restrictive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rigid
/x
Adjective, Noun
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
road
/
Noun, Adjective
rule
/
Noun, Verb
rump
/
Noun, Verb
scant
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sec
/
Noun
selfish
/x
Adjective
sequential
x/x
Adjective
shaded
/x
Adjective
shadowed
/x
Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
shortsighted
//x
Adjective
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
simply
/x
Adverb
since
/
Adverb
sinuous
/x
Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sloped
/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
smug
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
space
/
Noun, Verb
specialize
/xx
Verb
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
specify
/xx
Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
squarely
/x
Adverb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
straightaway
/xx
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
straighter
/x
Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strait
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
strawberry
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
strewn
/
Verb, Adjective
strict
/
Adjective
stringent
/x
Adjective
strip
/
Noun, Verb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
successive
x/x
Adjective
taper off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tapered
/x
Adjective
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
tidy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
tortuous
/xx
Adjective
towards
x/
Adverb, Adjective
transparent
x/x
Adjective
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
truth
/
Noun, Verb
undiluted
xx/x
Adjective
unilateral
xx/xx
Adjective
uninterrupted
xxx/x
Adjective
unlit
xx
Adjective
unobstructed
xx/x
Adjective
unwound
x/
Verb
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
uphill
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
upright
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
vertical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
waist
/
Noun
weak
/
Adjective
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
widen
/x
Verb, Noun
zag
/
Noun, Verb
zigzag
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb