Competition
Synonyms for narrowly
The synonym for narrowly recorded in this bank is scarcely, in the sense "by a very small margin". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for narrowly
- scarcelyadverb, in the sense "by a very small margin"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and narrowly carries one sense so far.
by a very small margin
The champion narrowly held off a late surge to defend her title.
The true synonym
scarcely
Same sentence, swapped: The champion scarcely held off a late surge to defend her title.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- soundly
- jointly
- previously
Where narrowly turns up in the game
narrowly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where narrowly is the trap
- resoundinglyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is decisively, in the sense "by an emphatic, decisive margin", so narrowly is there to be ruled out.
- abjectlyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is wretchedly, in the sense "in a state of complete misery or humiliation", and narrowly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- irrevocablyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is permanently, in the sense "in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or undone", and narrowly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- broadlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is generally, in the sense "without regard to specific details or exceptions", so narrowly is there to be ruled out.
Play narrowly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so narrowly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because competition is the company narrowly keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. narrowly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.