Narrowly vs Barely - What's the difference?
narrowly | barely |
In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.
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By a narrow margin; closely.
* {{quote-news
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(degree) By a small margin.
* 1748 , , Oxford University Press (1973), section 8:
* 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera , silent movie
(degree) Almost not at all.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=October 23
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(archaic) merely.
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As adverbs the difference between narrowly and barely
is that narrowly is in a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude while barely is by a small margin.narrowly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- They regarded the new idea rather narrowly .
- There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
- They narrowly escaped collision.
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barely
English
Adverb
(-)- It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science barely to know the different operations of mind,
- ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
- The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
- Yes, it is barely visible.
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- Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies