"narrowly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈnɛroʊli/ [US], /ˈnærəʊli/ [UK] Audio: en-us-narrowly.ogg [US]
  1. If you do something narrowly, you do it in a limited way.
    Sense id: simple-narrowly-en-adv-GCoR3ljF
  2. If you narrowly miss something, you miss it by a very small distance.
    Sense id: simple-narrowly-en-adv-67EGs-EA
     
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "broadly"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The court applied the definition of \"worker\" extremely narrowly, leaving out many people who work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you do something narrowly, you do it in a limited way."
      ],
      "id": "simple-narrowly-en-adv-GCoR3ljF"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He narrowly avoided death."
        },
        {
          "text": "She narrowly lost the race."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you narrowly miss something, you miss it by a very small distance."
      ],
      "id": "simple-narrowly-en-adv-67EGs-EA"
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈnɛroʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnærəʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-narrowly.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "broadly"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The court applied the definition of \"worker\" extremely narrowly, leaving out many people who work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you do something narrowly, you do it in a limited way."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He narrowly avoided death."
        },
        {
          "text": "She narrowly lost the race."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you narrowly miss something, you miss it by a very small distance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛroʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnærəʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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