narrowlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈnarəʊli/, U.S.

/ˈnɛroʊli/

Forms: Old English nearelice, Old English nearolice, Old English nearwlice, late Old English nærulice, late Old English nearwelice, early Middle English narruliche, early Middle English narwlice, early Middle English nearowliche, early Middle English nearwliche, early Middle English neruhlice, early Middle English neruhliche, early Middle English neruliche, Middle English–1500s narowly, Middle English–1600s narroly, 1500s naroly, 1500s narowlie, 1500s narowlye, 1500s narrolye (Irish English), 1500s narrouly, 1500s narrowely, 1500s narrowlye, 1500s–1600s narrowlie, 1500s– narrowly, 1600s narowely; Scottish pre-1700 narolie, pre-1700 naroly, pre-1700 narowlie, pre-1700 narowly, pre-1700 narrallie, pre-1700 narrolie, pre-1700 narroly, pre-1700 narroulie, pre-1700 narrowlie, pre-1700 narulie, pre-1700 narullie, pre-1700 1700s– narrowly, 1800s– nairrowly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < narrow adj. + -ly suffix².

a. Carefully, closely, with close attention; rigorously. Cf. narrow adj. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail

narrowlyeOE

narrowOE

wellOE

busilyc1225

inwardly?c1225

closely1509

nearly1540

near1560

searchingly1574

nicely1597

exactly1612

strictly1632

close1642

pressly1642

scrutinously1650

minutely1690

scrupulously1712

tightly1758

keenly1824

slippery1828

meticulously1961

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adverb]

narrowlyeOE

closely1509

searchingly1574

close1642

pressly1642

scrutinously1650

minutely1690

scrutinizingly1828

probingly1876

scanningly1876

vivisectionally1899

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxi. 153 Manegu diglu ðing sindon nearolice to smeageanne.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085 Swa swyðe nearwelice he hit lett ut aspyrian, þæt næs an ælpig hide..þæt næs gesæt on his gewrite.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 171 Nule he nawt so nearowliche [a1250 Nero neruliche; a1300 Caius nearwliche] demen as ȝe seggeð.

?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2 They loke so narowly vppon theyre proufittes that the poore wyues must be countable to theym of euery tenth eg.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 3252 This crownare..sowcht naroly Thai mydoaris here and thare.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F2 I..more narrowly will examine his parts.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 186 Thinking that I had never a penny left, whom he had seen so narrowly searched.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 If they be but narrowly looked into,..there will be but little difference found.

1709 J. Addison & R. Steele Tatler No. 103. ⁋11 I watched him narrowly for Six and Thirty Years.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 120 You must search narrowly to discover it.

1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 123 For the purpose of observing the enemy's motions more narrowly.

1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/3 We are not concerned to inquire too narrowly which of the two parties is to blame.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 254 The old man questioned him narrowly, about his job, his expenses, his child.

1968 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley My Foe Outstretch'd i. 22 He examined the bill narrowly.

1996 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 8 Aug. 21 These exceptions must in turn be narrowly scrutinized.

†b. Deeply, firmly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adverb] > in an established manner

sickerlyc1375

narrowlya1513

settledly1602

rootedlya1616

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxv. f. cxvii^v All Iuges haue enprynted so naroly thyse verses in y^e boke of theyr conscyence, that they in all theyr Iugementes sette asyde all parcyalytie.

2. In a contracted or confined manner. Also figurative: briefly.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > compressed or abbreviated

narrowlyOE

cuttedly1530

contractly1576

contractedly1611

abstractlya1638

curtailedlya1657

abridgedly1704

compressedly1830

compressingly1830

condensely1832

condensedly1880

the world > space > [adverb] > with insufficient room

straitlyc1400

straita1450

narrowly?1533

pinchedly1883

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adverb]

narrowa1200

straitc1440

narrowly1847

OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) Pref. 79 Nu is seo foresæde boc on manegum stowum swyðe nearolice gesett, & ðeah swiðe deoplice on ðam gastlican andgyte.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giv ^v To reduce narowly, coartér.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 45 Thai thingis..for strenthin of oure memorie, lat ws schortliar and mair narroulie reherse.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Rush do the winds forward through perst chinck narrolye whizling.

1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. iii. §11 The Annular Fibres are contracted more narrowly, and after a cramping Manner.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 249 Fracture narrowly and divergingly striated.

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 197 Leaves narrowly linear.

1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 140 Sporidia..narrowly fusiform or linear.

1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) iii. 100 Movement through the..kunai, or elephant, grass that was often as tall as a man or taller was narrowly channelized.

1998 Strad Sept. 932/1 The f-hole wings run narrowly together and are not fluted.

†3. Sparingly, parsimoniously. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]

narrowlya1250

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

straitly1340

strait1390

niggardly?1529

nighly1548

pinchingly1561

close-fisted1575

hard1580

niggishly1580

nearly1591

mincingly1593

costively1598

penuriously1616

neara1625

scantingly1627

parsimoniouslya1634

scrapingly1680

stingily1682

scrimply1690

sneakingly1695

churlishly1875

curmudgeonly1879

skinflintily1899

mingily1958

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 189 Heo schal libben bi elmesse ase neruhliche ase heo euer mei and nout gederen uorto ȝiuen hit eft.

a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 114 Ȝif þu hauist duȝe & drichen þe senden, Ne þeng þu neuere þi lif to narruliche leden.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 162 He gave over any pursuit in Court, and liv'd narrowly in the Country.

†a. Barely, scarcely. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty

uneathc888

arvethlichec1000

uneathsc1200

hardc1300

albusyc1325

wondsomely?a1400

hardlya1425

narrowlyc1450

unreadilyc1454

a-pain1487

uneasily1600

scarce1667

scarcely1697

ill1832

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

albusyc1325

onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1370 (MED) Þat he fiches & firmes sa fast to þe wall..at ane eld miȝt narowly betwene.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 480 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Narowly cuth he purchase audience till he had sad his will.

c1480 (a1400) St. Anastasia 36 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 408 Publy strat kepyn til hir mad, sa þat narroly fud scho had.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) v. ii. f. 165 [The Romans were] thirllit to sic subiection that..naroly within thare strenth thai mycht defend thare livis.

b. By a narrow margin, only just.

ΚΠ

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 231/18 The tother chapit richt narowly with his lyf.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxxv [He] escaped drowning verye narrowely.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. vi. 8 Tyrius mentioneth one memorable massacre, which they narrowly escaped.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 75 They very narrowly missed being taken by the Christians.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 31 One [arrow] very narrowly missed my left Eye.

1774 Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 159/2 She..very narrowly escaped being drowned.

1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 687/2 He will see how narrowly Dr. Watson missed this elevation.

1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 The match in the end was very narrowly won by Harrow.

1921 Beaver Aug.–Sept. 15/1 The Imperial Oil Company narrowly escaped the loss of their machines.

1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary i. 15 I had made it my policy to telephone anyone who had been dropped, or narrowly passed over, before the team was announced.

2000 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 9 Nov. Coloradans narrowly elected to join a multistate lottery.

†5. Closely, so as to press hard upon a person or thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > nearly or closely

nighlyOE

nighc1387

throng?a1425

justc1440

narrowly1487

foot-hot1513

meeta1522

hardly1554

fastlings1568

nearly1569

neara1592

close1596

closely1634

nicely1690

narrow1697

snugly1800

snug1831

tight1888

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 578 He convoyit thame so narrowly [1489 Adv. narowly] That of the henmast ay tuk he.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxij^v Nowe was the citie on euery syde so narrouly and straightlye besieged.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 86 The Northwales men..pursued Run so narrowlie, that all his Scottish shifts could not saue his life.

1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 33 Sa sharp ar thay and narrowlie can gadder, Thay pluck the puir as thay war powand Hadder.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 31 The prodigall..was faine to be pursued so narrowly by the hand of God.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4295/2 Which Place is..narrowly beset by the Troops.

6. Illiberally, in a closely circumscribed manner; strictly, without allowing any breadth of interpretation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adverb]

illiberally?1611

narrowly1708

narrow-mindedly1827

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly

strait1338

smally1340

at point devicec1390

point-devicec1425

precisely1526

to the point device1542

just1549

rigorously1561

by the square1570

curiously1573

by point device1575

in print1576

to a tittle1597

nicelya1616

to a hair's breadtha1616

point-vice1641

to a nicka1680

to a cow's thumb1681

to a tee1693

narrowly1708

scrupulously1712

to a dot1728

perjinkly1775

to a nicety1795

astringently1866

to a fit1890

1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 126 He does not think the Church of England so narrowly calculated, that it cannot fall in with any regular Species of Government.

1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxix. 592 The narrowly selfish colonial policy.

1885 Law Times 80 113/1 The Court held that the language of the Act is not to be read so narrowly.

1931 L. T. Troland in Psychologies of 1930 460 Narrowly and popularly conceived, motivational psychology would be concerned primarily with ‘motives’.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 10 May 64/4 You mustn't cram... Just going narrowly for results will bore children to death.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 51/4 It is likely that the Council of Guardians will use its veto..in an effort to prevent Pro-Khatami candidates from winning control of Iran's narrowly conservative chamber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narrowly
释义	narrowlyadv. Brit. /ˈnarəʊli/, U.S. /ˈnɛroʊli/ Forms: Old English nearelice, Old English nearolice, Old English nearwlice, late Old English nærulice, late Old English nearwelice, early Middle English narruliche, early Middle English narwlice, early Middle English nearowliche, early Middle English nearwliche, early Middle English neruhlice, early Middle English neruhliche, early Middle English neruliche, Middle English–1500s narowly, Middle English–1600s narroly, 1500s naroly, 1500s narowlie, 1500s narowlye, 1500s narrolye (Irish English), 1500s narrouly, 1500s narrowely, 1500s narrowlye, 1500s–1600s narrowlie, 1500s– narrowly, 1600s narowely; Scottish pre-1700 narolie, pre-1700 naroly, pre-1700 narowlie, pre-1700 narowly, pre-1700 narrallie, pre-1700 narrolie, pre-1700 narroly, pre-1700 narroulie, pre-1700 narrowlie, pre-1700 narulie, pre-1700 narullie, pre-1700 1700s– narrowly, 1800s– nairrowly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < narrow adj. + -ly suffix². 1. a. Carefully, closely, with close attention; rigorously. Cf. narrow adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail narrowlyeOE narrowOE wellOE busilyc1225 inwardly?c1225 closely1509 nearly1540 near1560 searchingly1574 nicely1597 exactly1612 strictly1632 close1642 pressly1642 scrutinously1650 minutely1690 scrupulously1712 tightly1758 keenly1824 slippery1828 meticulously1961 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adverb] narrowlyeOE closely1509 searchingly1574 close1642 pressly1642 scrutinously1650 minutely1690 scrutinizingly1828 probingly1876 scanningly1876 vivisectionally1899 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxi. 153 Manegu diglu ðing sindon nearolice to smeageanne. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085 Swa swyðe nearwelice he hit lett ut aspyrian, þæt næs an ælpig hide..þæt næs gesæt on his gewrite. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 171 Nule he nawt so nearowliche [a1250 Nero neruliche; a1300 Caius nearwliche] demen as ȝe seggeð. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2 They loke so narowly vppon theyre proufittes that the poore wyues must be countable to theym of euery tenth eg. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 3252 This crownare..sowcht naroly Thai mydoaris here and thare. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F2 I..more narrowly will examine his parts. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 186 Thinking that I had never a penny left, whom he had seen so narrowly searched. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 If they be but narrowly looked into,..there will be but little difference found. 1709 J. Addison & R. Steele Tatler No. 103. ⁋11 I watched him narrowly for Six and Thirty Years. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 120 You must search narrowly to discover it. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 123 For the purpose of observing the enemy's motions more narrowly. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/3 We are not concerned to inquire too narrowly which of the two parties is to blame. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 254 The old man questioned him narrowly, about his job, his expenses, his child. 1968 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley My Foe Outstretch'd i. 22 He examined the bill narrowly. 1996 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 8 Aug. 21 These exceptions must in turn be narrowly scrutinized. †b. Deeply, firmly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adverb] > in an established manner sickerlyc1375 narrowlya1513 settledly1602 rootedlya1616 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxv. f. cxvii^v All Iuges haue enprynted so naroly thyse verses in y^e boke of theyr conscyence, that they in all theyr Iugementes sette asyde all parcyalytie. 2. In a contracted or confined manner. Also figurative: briefly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > compressed or abbreviated narrowlyOE cuttedly1530 contractly1576 contractedly1611 abstractlya1638 curtailedlya1657 abridgedly1704 compressedly1830 compressingly1830 condensely1832 condensedly1880 the world > space > [adverb] > with insufficient room straitlyc1400 straita1450 narrowly?1533 pinchedly1883 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adverb] narrowa1200 straitc1440 narrowly1847 OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) Pref. 79 Nu is seo foresæde boc on manegum stowum swyðe nearolice gesett, & ðeah swiðe deoplice on ðam gastlican andgyte. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Giv ^v To reduce narowly, coartér. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 45 Thai thingis..for strenthin of oure memorie, lat ws schortliar and mair narroulie reherse. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Rush do the winds forward through perst chinck narrolye whizling. 1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. iii. §11 The Annular Fibres are contracted more narrowly, and after a cramping Manner. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 249 Fracture narrowly and divergingly striated. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 197 Leaves narrowly linear. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 140 Sporidia..narrowly fusiform or linear. 1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) iii. 100 Movement through the..kunai, or elephant, grass that was often as tall as a man or taller was narrowly channelized. 1998 Strad Sept. 932/1 The f-hole wings run narrowly together and are not fluted. †3. Sparingly, parsimoniously. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] narrowlya1250 feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 straitly1340 strait1390 niggardly?1529 nighly1548 pinchingly1561 close-fisted1575 hard1580 niggishly1580 nearly1591 mincingly1593 costively1598 penuriously1616 neara1625 scantingly1627 parsimoniouslya1634 scrapingly1680 stingily1682 scrimply1690 sneakingly1695 churlishly1875 curmudgeonly1879 skinflintily1899 mingily1958 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 189 Heo schal libben bi elmesse ase neruhliche ase heo euer mei and nout gederen uorto ȝiuen hit eft. a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 114 Ȝif þu hauist duȝe & drichen þe senden, Ne þeng þu neuere þi lif to narruliche leden. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 162 He gave over any pursuit in Court, and liv'd narrowly in the Country. 4. †a. Barely, scarcely. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty uneathc888 arvethlichec1000 uneathsc1200 hardc1300 albusyc1325 wondsomely?a1400 hardlya1425 narrowlyc1450 unreadilyc1454 a-pain1487 uneasily1600 scarce1667 scarcely1697 ill1832 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1370 (MED) Þat he fiches & firmes sa fast to þe wall..at ane eld miȝt narowly betwene. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 480 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Narowly cuth he purchase audience till he had sad his will. c1480 (a1400) St. Anastasia 36 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 408 Publy strat kepyn til hir mad, sa þat narroly fud scho had. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) v. ii. f. 165 [The Romans were] thirllit to sic subiection that..naroly within thare strenth thai mycht defend thare livis. b. By a narrow margin, only just. ΚΠ a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 231/18 The tother chapit richt narowly with his lyf. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxxv [He] escaped drowning verye narrowely. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. vi. 8 Tyrius mentioneth one memorable massacre, which they narrowly escaped. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 75 They very narrowly missed being taken by the Christians. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 31 One [arrow] very narrowly missed my left Eye. 1774 Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 159/2 She..very narrowly escaped being drowned. 1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 687/2 He will see how narrowly Dr. Watson missed this elevation. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 July 5/5 The match in the end was very narrowly won by Harrow. 1921 Beaver Aug.–Sept. 15/1 The Imperial Oil Company narrowly escaped the loss of their machines. 1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary i. 15 I had made it my policy to telephone anyone who had been dropped, or narrowly passed over, before the team was announced. 2000 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 9 Nov. Coloradans narrowly elected to join a multistate lottery. †5. Closely, so as to press hard upon a person or thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > nearly or closely nighlyOE nighc1387 throng?a1425 justc1440 narrowly1487 foot-hot1513 meeta1522 hardly1554 fastlings1568 nearly1569 neara1592 close1596 closely1634 nicely1690 narrow1697 snugly1800 snug1831 tight1888 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 578 He convoyit thame so narrowly [1489 Adv. narowly] That of the henmast ay tuk he. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxij^v Nowe was the citie on euery syde so narrouly and straightlye besieged. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 86 The Northwales men..pursued Run so narrowlie, that all his Scottish shifts could not saue his life. 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 33 Sa sharp ar thay and narrowlie can gadder, Thay pluck the puir as thay war powand Hadder. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 31 The prodigall..was faine to be pursued so narrowly by the hand of God. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4295/2 Which Place is..narrowly beset by the Troops. 6. Illiberally, in a closely circumscribed manner; strictly, without allowing any breadth of interpretation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adverb] illiberally?1611 narrowly1708 narrow-mindedly1827 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 126 He does not think the Church of England so narrowly calculated, that it cannot fall in with any regular Species of Government. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxix. 592 The narrowly selfish colonial policy. 1885 Law Times 80 113/1 The Court held that the language of the Act is not to be read so narrowly. 1931 L. T. Troland in Psychologies of 1930 460 Narrowly and popularly conceived, motivational psychology would be concerned primarily with ‘motives’. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 10 May 64/4 You mustn't cram... Just going narrowly for results will bore children to death. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 51/4 It is likely that the Council of Guardians will use its veto..in an effort to prevent Pro-Khatami candidates from winning control of Iran's narrowly conservative chamber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.eOE
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