Definition of "narrow-souled" [narrow-souled]

• Illiberal; devoid of generosity.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Harlowes are a narrow-souled and implacable family."
• "But she thinks I have gone over to the enemy -- so counts my judgment worth nothing more than that of any other narrow-souled body ...."
• "And it has been in consequence pretty generally believed that Garrick was a miserable, narrow-souled creature, whom the _auri sacra fames_ would lead to any kind of meanness, and who was incapable of a liberal or munificent action."