Circumscribed
['sɝkəm,skraɪb]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Circumscribe
Typed by Clint
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Limited, narrow, restricted
ANT:Limitless, ample, unconfined
Editor: Ryan
Examples
- Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is no sandy plain, nor any circumscribed and scant oasis I seem to realize. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bell was undoubtedly the first inventor of the art of transmitting speech over an electric circuit, but, with his particular form of telephone, the field was circumscribed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even highly educated men had the most circumscribed ideas of geography and foreign countries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was no actual world, it was the dream-world of one's childhood--a great circumscribed reminiscence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was as unreal, and circumscribed, as a magic-lantern show. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, it ain't that,' said Sam, '“circumscribed”; that's it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Ryan