narrowly

[ˈnæroʊli]

Definition:
1. In a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions.

Use 'narrowly' in a sentence:

1. He turned the corner a little too fast, narrowly missing the boy who ran into the road to wave him down.
2. What luck he narrowly escaped drowning!
3. I felt his eyes narrowly upon me.
4. The teacher took his illness into account, so she made him narrowly pass the exam.
5. Society defines success very narrowly.
6. At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over$ 5 000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.
7. A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
8. He narrowly missed being run over by a car.
9. She narrowly missed hitting him.
10. The plane flew through the clouds in time and a disaster was narrowly averted.
11. At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off.
12. China's advance may bring benefits beyond the narrowly commercial.
13. He narrowly escaped being killed.
14. The two cars narrowly missed hitting each other.
15. She hurled the ashtray across the room, narrowly missing my head.
16. The child narrowly escaped being spoiled.
17. In the competitive game of biomedical science, research has been done on scientists who narrowly lost or won grant money.
18. The university has thus met its burden of showing that the admissions policy it used was narrowly tailored.
19. He narrowly escaped with his life when suspected right-wing extremists fired shots into his office.
20. The team lost narrowly.
21. The subject of fan interest can be narrowly defined, focused on something like an individual celebrity for sports.
22. She looked at him narrowly.
23. At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.
24. Don't focus too narrowly on money.
25. I narrowly missed being hurt by a car yesterday.
26. He narrowly escaped in the air crash.
27. In teaching ideas, narrowly understanding modern education as modern education of technology.
28. Suddenly Ned swerved the truck, narrowly missing a blond teenager on a skateboard.
29. Traditional advertisement definition narrowly regards import and export trade of products and international marketing as economic basis of international advertisement and regards international transmitting media as its important characteristics.
30. In spite of a dismal record at school, she narrowly squeaked into design school.
31. I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path.
32. The car narrowly missed a cyclist.
33. Five firemen narrowly escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.
34. Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.
35. A disaster was narrowly averted.
36. She narrowly escaped injury.
37. Take-off and landing procedures have been tightened after two jets narrowly escaped disaster.
38. They narrowly avoided defeat.
39. Ethologists—specialists in animal behavior—are interested in evolution, so they define the term narrowly.
40. They may define their contribution too narrowly.
41. They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.
42. She threw a plate at him and only narrowly missed.
43. She narrowly failed to win enough votes.
44. He grimaced and looked narrowly at his colleague.