widened, whittled, trimmed, winnowed, pared, shrunk, slimmed, broadened, dropped, ballooned, eased, lowered, swelled, fluctuated, dwindled, reduced, decreased, zeroed, eliminated, steepened, slowed, tightened, increased, deepened, swung, expanded, inched, slipped, reversed, shifted, fell, thinned, crept, cut, bulged, drifted, turned, edged, closed, stretched, halved, nudged, lengthened, climbed, jumped, ended, selected, settled, bridged, diverged, doubled, dipped, chosen, sank, softened, jotted, opened, erased, slid, revised, outpaced, faltered, worsened, exceeded, intensified, surged, sagged, squeaked, totaled, tripled, upped, progressed, outdistanced, weakened, slashed, surpassed, withdrew, boosted, improved, picked, topped, retreated, zigzagged, moved, changed, lessened, diminished, deadlocked, outstripped, yielded, realigned, deteriorated, firmed, spanned, trickled, quieted, faded, tumbled, soared, quadrupled, ratcheted, sextupled

diffusely, narrow, tapered, tapering

constricted, contracted