narrowly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. tree →
2) Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary lessons: in stories, a near miss or a narrow escape; 'narrowly' shows close watching
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 →
- 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 →
- She narrowly escaped the crocodile. tree →
- We narrowly missed the train. tree →
- The monkey watched the fishermen narrowly. tree →
note
«won narrowly» means won by a small amount, so the difference is small; the word gives no exact number.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «narrowly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.