We narrowly missed the accident.
Source: tatoeba (28853)
Narrowly
//ˈnɛɹoʊli//
Synonyms for "narrowly" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (4)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- ву́зка adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Bulgarian
1 entries- за малко adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Catalan
1 entries- estretament adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Czech
1 entries- úzko adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Dutch
1 entries- nipt adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Finnish
2 entries- juuri adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
- täpärästi adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
French
1 entries- étroitement adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
German
1 entries- eng adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Ido
1 entries- preske adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Irish
1 entries- idir cleith agus ursain adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Italian
3 entries- da vicino adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
- di misura adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
- per un pelo adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Norman
1 entries- êtraitement adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Polish
1 entries- wąsko adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Portuguese
1 entries- por pouco adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Russian
1 entries- у́зко adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- usko adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
- уско adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Slovak
1 entries- úzko adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Slovene
1 entries- ozko adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Turkish
1 entries- ucu ucuna adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ву́зько adv (closely; by a narrow margin)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The old man narrowly escaped being run over by a car.
Source: tatoeba (43384)
The boy narrowly escaped drowning.
Source: tatoeba (45410)
I narrowly escaped being hit by a car.
Source: tatoeba (63469)
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