narrowly

adv

1. In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.

   “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.”

2. Closely; by a narrow margin.

   “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.”

   “The visitors had not managed an away win in the top flight since the final day of last season, but Mauro Formica set the tone in the second minute with a rasping 25-yard drive which flew narrowly wide.”

   “The House narrowly approved a rescissions package from the White House that aims to cancel billions in unspent funds from the prior fiscal year, much of which would not have been spent otherwise.”