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adverb (closely; only just: The ball narrowly missed his head.) por pocotr['nærəʊlɪ]1 (by very little) por poco, por un escaso margen2 (carefully) minuciosamentenarrowly ['næroli] adv1) barely: por poco2) closely: de cerca'nærəʊliadverb por poco, por un escaso margen['nærǝʊlɪ]ADV1) (=just) [escape, avoid, miss, fail] por poco; [defeat] por un escaso margento be narrowly defeated — (in election) ser derrotado por un escaso margen; (Sport) perder por poco
2) (=restrictively) [define] de forma restringidato be narrowly based — [organization] tener una base limitada
3) (=closely) [watch] de cerca; [observe] atentamente* * *['nærəʊli]adverb por poco, por un escaso margen
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