narrowly

nar·row  (nr)

adj. nar·row·er, nar·row·est

1. Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.

2. Limited in area or scope; cramped.

3. Lacking flexibility; rigid: narrow opinions.

4. Barely sufficient; close: a narrow margin of victory.

5. Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous: narrow scrutiny.

6. Linguistics Tense.

v. nar·rowed, nar·row·ing, nar·rows

v.tr.

1. To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.

2. To limit or restrict: narrowed the possibilities down to three.

v.intr.

To become narrower; contract.

n.

1. A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.

2. narrows (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.

b. A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.

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[Middle English narwe, from Old English nearu.]

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narrow·ish adj.

narrow·ly adv.

narrow·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

narrowly - in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions; "he interprets the law narrowly" broadly, broadly speaking, generally, loosely - without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"

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narrowly

adverb

1. just, barely, only just, scarcely, by the narrowest of margins, by the skin of your teeth, by a whisker or hair's-breadth Five firemen narrowly escaped death.

2. closely, keenly, carefully, intently, intensely, fixedly, searchingly He frowned and looked narrowly at his colleague.

Translations

narrowly [ˈnærəʊlɪ] ADV

1. (= just) [escape, avoid, miss, fail] → por poco; [defeat] → por un escaso margen
to be narrowly defeated (in election) → ser derrotado por un escaso margen (Sport) → perder por poco

2. (= restrictively) [define] → de forma restringida
to be narrowly based [organization] → tener una base limitada
these exams are too narrowly vocational → estos exámenes tienen un enfoque demasiado vocacional

3. (= closely) [watch] → de cerca; [observe] → atentamente

narrowly [ˈnærəʊli] adv

[miss] → de justesse
He narrowly missed the tree → Il a évité l'arbre de justesse.
BUT Il a failli rentrer dans l'arbre.
The taxi driver swerved, narrowly missing a bus → Le chauffeur de taxi fit un écart, évitant de justesse un bus.
Adams only narrowly escaped with his life → Adams ne s'en est sorti que de justesse.
He narrowly missed injury
BUT Il a failli se blesser.
He only narrowly missed the target
BUT Il n'a manqué la cible que de peu.
to narrowly miss doing sth → avoir failli faire qch
He narrowly avoided going to jail → Il a failli aller en prison.
She narrowly missed being injured when the chimney was blown down → Elle a failli être blessée lorsque le vent a soufflé la cheminée.
She narrowly missed becoming the first woman president → Elle a failli devenir la première femme président.
narrow-minded [ˌnærəʊˈmaɪndɪd] adj [people] → à l'esprit étroit, borné(e)
to be narrow-minded → être borné(e)
He's very narrow-minded when it comes to that sort of thing → Il est très borné lorsqu'il s'agit de ce genre de choses.
That's a very narrow-minded attitude
BUT C'est une attitude qui dénote beaucoup d'étroitesse d'esprit.
narrow-mindedness [ˈnærəʊˈmaɪndɪdnɪs] n → étroitesse f d'esprit

narrowly

adv

(= by a small margin) defeat, fail, avoid → knapp; escape → mit knapper Not; he narrowly escaped being knocked down → er wäre um ein Haar or beinahe überfahren worden; you narrowly missed (seeing) him → du hast ihn gerade verpasst

interpret, define, focus → eng; examine → peinlich genau; watch → genau, scharf; to be narrowly based → eine schmale Basis haben; to focus too narrowly on something → sich zu sehr auf etw (acc) → beschränken; she looks at things/life much too narrowly → sie sieht die Dinge/das Leben viel zu eng

narrowly [ˈnærəʊlɪ] adv

a. (miss, escape) Maria narrowly escaped drowning → per un pelo Maria non è affogata
he narrowly missed hitting the cyclist → per poco non ha investito il ciclista

b. (interpret, rules) → rigorosamente