Pronunciation (US) IPA (key): /ˈnɛroʊli/ (UK) IPA (key): /ˈnærəʊli/ Audio (US)(file) Adverb Positive narrowly Comparative more narrowly Superlative most narrowly If you do something narrowly, you do it in a limited way. Antonym: broadly The court applied the definition of "worker" extremely narrowly, leaving out many people who work. If you narrowly miss something, you miss it by a very small distance. He narrowly avoided death. She narrowly lost the race.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads