| Narrowly 1. (adv.) With little breadth; in a narrow manner. 2. (adv.) Without much extent; contractedly. 3. (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. 4. (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped. 5. (adv.) Sparingly; parsimoniously. Thesaurus Entries a bit, a little, alone, baldly, by a hair, by an ace, closely, ever so little, exclusively, exiguously, faintly, feebly, hardly, imperfectly, inappreciably, inconsequentially, insignificantly, just, just a bit, lightly, little, meagerly, merely, minimally, minutely, nakedly, narrowly, nearly, negligibly, not hardly, not quite, only, only just, plainly, purely, scantily, scarce, scarcely, simply, simply and solely, singly, slightly, solely, tant soit peu, triflingly, weakly |