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Definition of "narrowly" []

  • In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude. (adverb)
  • By a narrow margin; closely. (adverb)

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Use "narrowly" in a sentence
  • "When Proposition 215 was first passed, California attorney general Dan Lungren, a conservative Republican, issued an opinion defining the term narrowly and limiting it to family members or home-care aides who cooked, cleaned, ran errands, drove patients to doctors 'appointments and did personal care."
  • "When Proposition 215 was first passed, California attorney general Dan Lungren, a conservative Republican, issued an opinion defining the term narrowly and limiting it to family members or home-care aides who cooked, cleaned, ran errands, drove patients to doctors’ appointments and did personal care."
  • "Looking at this so narrowly is like looking at the wrong end of a telescope."