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narrowly

Adverb

Meaning

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

Without much extent; contractedly.

With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly.

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.

Sparingly; parsimoniously.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If you learn "indoor" techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters. Miyamoto Musashi

Lacan is a tyrant who must be driven from our shores. Narrowly trained English professors who know nothing of art history or popular culture think they can just wade in with Lacan and trash everything in sight. Camille Paglia

Catastrophe was only narrowly averted. It was all due to the faith of one man! Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune! Robert Ley

It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. Especially one-sided persons are troublesome. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion. Murasaki Shikibu

I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death. Eben Alexander

Good hunters track narrowly. Dutch Proverb

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