as in slightly
by a very small margin
they narrowly escaped with their lives
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Recent Examples of narrowly
Instead of focusing narrowly on tiny frequency bands, future surveys may need to examine broader wavelength ranges across large populations of nearby, Sun-like stars.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Before voters narrowly approved extending the tax in 2024, most of the current commissioners said the tax should not go to a new stadium.
—Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
The car then goes forward, apparently in an attempt to make a U-turn, and narrowly misses two officers, who open fire.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
She was narrowly defeated in the June 2011 runoff.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Verstappen, who won four championships from 2021 through 2024, was voted by fellow drivers and team bosses as the greatest driver last year after dragging a subpar car to within inches of a fifth title, narrowly losing out to McLaren’s Lando Norris.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 1 May 2026
The city’s position is that both the referendum petition and the City Council’s response were narrowly focused.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment to allow new, temporary maps that could give Democrats four more seats.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
The high court’s decision set off a scramble to change the maps before the 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of the House, which is narrowly led by Republicans.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Before voters narrowly approved extending the tax in 2024, most of the current commissioners said the tax should not go to a new stadium.
—Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
The car then goes forward, apparently in an attempt to make a U-turn, and narrowly misses two officers, who open fire.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
She was narrowly defeated in the June 2011 runoff.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Verstappen, who won four championships from 2021 through 2024, was voted by fellow drivers and team bosses as the greatest driver last year after dragging a subpar car to within inches of a fifth title, narrowly losing out to McLaren’s Lando Norris.
—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 1 May 2026
The city’s position is that both the referendum petition and the City Council’s response were narrowly focused.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment to allow new, temporary maps that could give Democrats four more seats.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
The high court’s decision set off a scramble to change the maps before the 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of the House, which is narrowly led by Republicans.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrowly
Adverb
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Winds on Sunday will be slightly stronger, as well.—
Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Each bag is slightly different, all of them built to last, and the result is a bag equally at home on a boat, a beach, or a farmers’ market.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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Donations to the wealthiest colleges barely register.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Concern for the rights of Black voters barely broke to the surface of Alito’s opinion.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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“Narrowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrowly. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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