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adverb1) (with little width) schmalhe narrowly escaped being run over by a car — er wäre um ein Haar (ugs.) überfahren worden
* * ** * *nar·row·ly[ˈnærəʊli, AM ˈneroʊ-]1. (barely) knappshe \narrowly missed winning an Oscar sie hätte um ein Haar einen Oskar gewonnen2. (meticulously) peinlich genau, sehr gründlichto look at sb \narrowly jdn eingehend mustern* * *['nrəUlI]advhe narrowly escaped being knocked down — er wäre um ein Haar or beinahe überfahren worden
you narrowly missed ( seeing) him — du hast ihn gerade verpasst
she looks at things/life much too narrowly — sie sieht die Dinge/das Leben viel zu eng
* * *narrowly adv mit knapper Not:he narrowly escaped assassination er entging knapp einem Attentat;he narrowly escaped death er ist gerade noch mit dem Leben davongekommen;he narrowly escaped drowning er wäre beinahe oder umg um ein Haar ertrunken* * *adverb1) (with little width) schmal2) (only just) knapp; mit knapper Not [entkommen]he narrowly escaped being run over by a car — er wäre um ein Haar (ugs.) überfahren worden
* * *adv.eingeengt adv.
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