Contracted

a.	1.	Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.
	2.	Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.
	3.	Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted bachelors. - Shak.

Adj.

1.

contracted - reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes" Antonyms: expanded - increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

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