ALL meanings of narrowly
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N n - adverb narrowly only just 1
- adverb narrowly in a restricted way 1
- adjective narrowly of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 1
- adjective narrowly limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters. 1
- adjective narrowly limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion. 1
- adjective narrowly lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind. 1
- adjective narrowly with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape. 1
- adjective narrowly careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry. 1
- adjective narrowly limited in amount; small; meager: narrow resources. 1
- adjective narrowly straitened; impoverished: narrow circumstances. 1
- adjective narrowly New England. stingy or parsimonious. 1
- adjective narrowly Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense. Compare lax (def 7). (of a phonetic transcription) utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties. Compare broad (def 14). 1
- adjective narrowly (of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein. 1
- verb without object narrowly to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows. 1
- verb with object narrowly to make narrower. 1
- verb with object narrowly to limit or restrict (often followed by down): to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors. 1
- verb with object narrowly to make narrow-minded: Living in that village has narrowed him. 1
- noun narrowly a narrow part, place, or thing. 1
- noun narrowly a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road. 1
- noun narrowly narrows, (used with a singular or plural verb) a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc. 1
- noun narrowly The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 miles (3.2 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. 1
- noun narrowly By only a small margin; barely. 1
- adverb narrowly If you look at someone narrowly, you look at them in a concentrated way, often because you think they are not giving you full information about something. 0