narrowly
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4.1
- adverb
- /ˈnɛroʊli/
:
estrictamente
- Social support was narrowly defined in the study as the number of available confidants.
- narrowly defined
- narrowly focused
- narrowly construed
And it isn't just people talking about this issue in very narrowly defined ways.
- And it isn't just people talking about this issue in very narrowly defined ways.
- The problem is people think so narrowly.
- We should more narrowly circumscribe or limit this this conception.
- A view that's narrowly focused on conflict, corruption and disease.
- It did things, It did this in a way that was not narrowly tailored in a way to protect free speech.
- And I think the defense is going to try to focus very narrowly on the crime for which Trump is being prosecuted.
- We were so pure And so this is the way people should eat that we unnecessarily restricted the market too narrowly.
- It gets multiplied by a by a very narrowly peaked function, which sucks all, you know, a lot of it into a small spatial area.
- It's very, very, very narrowly data like that.
- On the other hand, it's possible to interpret consistent very narrowly.
Examples
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The teacher explained the topic narrowly, focusing exclusively on the main concepts.
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But the Achilles heel early on was that the system was narrowly municipal or local in scope.
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So they are thinking about this problem maybe as narrowly as relating to their own companies.
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But stress also really focuses you very narrowly on that immediate problem.
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The topics set for study elicit a similar global approach rather than a narrowly national one.
Academic text (2008) -
A view that's narrowly focused on conflict, corruption and disease.
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According to the research literature, there is unbalanced or narrowly focused attention paid to different aspects of health practices.
Academic text (2013) -
The scope of activities encompassed by knowledge production, conversely, is more narrowly defined.
Academic text (2017) -
The Aboriginal Peoples Act narrowly circumscribes Orang Asli land and other rights.
Academic text (2011) -
The committee decided to narrowly limit the discussion to only the budget report.
Synonyms
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3.7
Someone acts in a careful way that follows rules exactly
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4.9
In a very careful and strict way that follows rules closely
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7.2
In a strict way that makes people follow rules closely
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6.0
In a way that limits what is allowed
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6.2
To a small degree, not completely
In a strict, exact way with no exceptions
Antonyms
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Narrowly comes from the old English word narrow, meaning 'tight' or 'close', like a small path you can hardly move through. So to do something narrowly is to do it in a 'limited' or strict way with little room for change.