Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.

    I eyed him narrowly.

    They regarded the new idea rather narrowly.

    in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions

  2. Closely; by a narrow margin.

    They narrowly escaped collision.

    eng

    у́зкоúzko

    ву́зькоvúzʹko

Examples

30 sentences
  1. He narrowly escaped being killed.

    Він ледь не загинув. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruОн едва избежал гибели. — sharptoothed

    deEr entging nur knapp dem Tode. — Manfredo

  2. He narrowly escaped being run over.

    ruЕго чуть не задавили. — odexed

    deEr wäre um ein Haar überfahren worden. — Dejo

  3. Tom narrowly escaped being run over.

    ruТом едва не был сбит. — soweli_Elepanto

    deTom wäre um ein Haar überfahren worden. — wolfgangth

  4. I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

    ruМеня едва не сбила машина. — Wezel

  5. I narrowly escaped being run over by a car.

    deUm ein Haar wäre ich von einem Auto überfahren worden. — PeterR

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
closely; by a narrow margin:
Русский
By meaning 1
closely; by a narrow margin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
closely; by a narrow margin:

Origin

From Middle English narowly, equivalent to narrow + -ly.

From Middle English narowly, equivalent to narrow + -ly.

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Forms

more narrowly, most narrowly
Comparativemore narrowly Lesson
Superlativemost narrowly

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatednarrow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
narrowly — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto