Etymology

narrowly

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Today it means: In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude. Full definition →

Middle English narowly
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromnarowly
  2. English todaynarrowly

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.