narrowly

Etymology

From Middle English narowly, equivalent to narrow + -ly.

adv

1. In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.
   They regarded the new idea rather narrowly.
2. Closely; by a narrow margin.
   They narrowly escaped collision.
   The next day Opra Pitrachard ſent for Monſieur Conſtance to come to him, and ordered him to go and tell the French Officers that there was no deſign of keeping them Priſoners […] I charge you that you ſay this, and no more to thoſe French Officers; and know, that you ſhall be narrowly watched and overheard. 1690, “A Relation of the Late Great Revolution in Siam, and the Driving Out of the French”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page 6
   The visitors had not managed an away win in the top flight since the final day of last season, but Mauro Formica set the tone in the second minute with a rasping 25-yard drive which flew narrowly wide. October 29, 2011, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport