narrowly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈnɛroʊli/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈnærəʊli/

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Adverb

Positive narrowly

Comparative more narrowly

Superlative most narrowly

1. If you do something narrowly, you do it in a limited way.
   • Antonym: broadly

   The court applied the definition of "worker" extremely narrowly, leaving out many people who work.

2. If you narrowly miss something, you miss it by a very small distance.

   He narrowly avoided death.

   She narrowly lost the race.