NARROWLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

narrowly

adverb

Definition of narrowly

as in slightly

by a very small margin they narrowly escaped with their lives

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Recent Examples of narrowly Voters narrowly backed a change to Miami-Dade’s charter that could clear the way for county commissioners to receive higher salaries, ending the county’s history of potential pay raises failing at the ballot box. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was narrowly ahead of City Councilmember Nithya Raman, her onetime political ally, in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city, according to early returns Tuesday. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Just days earlier, Chevalier delivered a major upset in New York's 13th Congressional District, narrowly defeating Adriano Espaillat, the influential chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. — Elena Moore, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026 Cotham narrowly won another term representing southeast Mecklenburg County’s state House District 105 in 2024 after leaving the Democratic Party to become a Republican. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026 Ossoff, who narrowly won his Senate seat in a runoff election in 2021, earned more support from Georgia voters in this year’s race, winning the support of around 6 in 10 voters across the state. — Elizabeth Schreier, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026 This year's race was a rematch of 2022, when Kotek narrowly defeated Drazan to win her first term. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Johnson was again elected Speaker after Republicans narrowly held their House majority in 2024. — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026 So far, Democrats have won 54 Senate seats — including wins in Iowa, which prediction markets placed at 50-50 odds, and South Carolina, where Republicans narrowly favored. — Davis Giangiulio,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

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Stocks linked to the artificial intelligence build-out declined slightly on Wednesday in the wake of the election, but the selling intensified on Thursday as investors worried Democratic wins could have a real impact on data center construction.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
The screen now has a 3,024-by-1,986-pixel resolution, which is slightly higher vertically than before.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

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By spinning up nostalgia for a kind of luxurious rap stardom that barely exists anymore, Baby Osamaa comes up with a sketch of what her own big-budget major label debut would look like.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
Thankfully, there will always be Basque cheesecake, glazed on the top and barely set in the center.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026