If you look at someone narrowly, you look at them in a concentrated way, often because you think they are not giving you full information about something.
He grimaced and looked narrowly at his colleague.
Synonyms: closely, keenly, carefully, intently More Synonyms of narrowly
2. See also narrow
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Examples of 'narrowly' in a sentence
narrowly
It narrowly missed his left eye.
The Sun (2016)
The team struggled the following season, though and narrowly escaped relegation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A shot rang out and narrowly missed him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was arrested on Thursday after aiming his car at pedestrians, narrowly missing one of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He narrowly missed having his head sliced open by one of the oars.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On board he narrowly escaped detection by customs officials by climbing down into the hold.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We narrowly escaped relegation a year ago, yet they were not replaced.
The Sun (2016)
Another youngster narrowly escaped life as '.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
THE Earth narrowly escaped a cosmic disaster yesterday when an asteroid the size of a bungalow flew past.
The Sun (2013)
It was abundantly clear that the police had stitched up these men, who narrowly escaped 40-year jail sentences.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were unlucky to be narrowly behind at half-time but put the game away with two tries in five second-half minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The 24-year-old faced online death threats this week after she narrowly escaped getting the chop for the fourth time on Sunday.
The Sun (2010)
Chinese translation of 'narrowly'
narrowly
(ˈnærəulɪ)
adv
[avoid, escape, miss]勉强(強)地 (miǎnqiǎng de)
Nearby words of
narrowly
narrow
narrow down
narrow-minded
narrowly
NASA
nasal
nasty
1 (adverb)
Five firefighters narrowly escaped death.
Synonyms
just
He could just reach the man's head with his right hand.
barely
His voice was barely audible.
only just
scarcely
He could scarcely breathe.
by the narrowest of margins
by the skin of your teeth
by a whisker or hair's-breadth
2 (adverb)
He frowned and looked narrowly at his colleague.
Synonyms
closely
keenly
carefully
intently
I put my ear close to the water and listened intently.
intensely
He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me.
fixedly
searchingly
scrutinizingly
painstakingly
Additional synonyms
in the sense of barely
Definition
only just
His voice was barely audible.
Synonyms
only just,
just,
hardly,
scarcely,
at a push,
almost not
in the sense of intensely
He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me.
Synonyms
intently,
deeply,
seriously (informal),
profoundly,
passionately
in the sense of intently
I put my ear close to the water and listened intently.