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# narrowly

adverb

«narrowly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/#m1)
2. Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a near miss or a narrow escape; 'narrowly' shows close watching

### Examples

- She narrowly escaped the crocodile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/#x1)
- We narrowly missed the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/#x2)
- The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/#x3)

### Note

«won narrowly» means won by a small amount, so the difference is small; the word gives no exact number.

## In Jewish tradition

It means looking at something with very close attention, as if watching every step.

**Interpretation.** Job feels that God watches him too closely, and the tradition notes how he struggles with the idea of God's careful judgment.

### Examples

- Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet; (Writings JOB.13.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/narrowly/#x1)
- They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; (Prophets ISA.14.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/narrowly/#x2)

### Note

«won narrowly» means won by a small amount, so the difference is small; the word gives no exact number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «narrowly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«narrowly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/narrowly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «narrowly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/narrowly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«narrowly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/narrowly.html) on Mova free.