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[ adverb ] in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions

Examples

"he interprets the law narrowly"

Used in print

(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)

These examples are illustrative of the use of the words `` trial '' and `` experiment '' as they are used in this chapter , but they are quite flexible words and it is well not to restrict them too narrowly .

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

The freeway with narrowly spaced interchanges concentrates and mitigates the access problem , but it also acts inevitably as an artificial , isolating boundary .

Related terms

broadly narrow narrow

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