narrowly
/ˈnæɹoʊli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.
adv
Closely; by a narrow margin.
Example Sentences
- "I eyed him narrowly."
- "They regarded the new idea rather narrowly."
- "There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers."
- "They narrowly escaped collision."
- "The next day Opra Pitrachard ſent for Monſieur Conſtance to come to him, and ordered him to go and tell the French Officers that there was no deſign of keeping them Priſoners […] I charge you that you ſay this, and no more to thoſe French Officers; and know, that you ſhall be narrowly watched and overheard."
- "One inconsequent dream he related, about fancying himself quite young and rich, and finding himself suddenly in a field cropping razors around him, when, just as he had, by steps dainty as those of a French dancing-master, reached the middle, he to his dismay beheld a path clear of the blood, thirsty steel-crop, which he might have taken at first had he looked narrowly; and there he was."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: narowly
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnæɹoʊli/
- British English: /ˈnæɹəʊli/
Inflected Forms
more narrowly (comparative)
most narrowly (superlative)