Directly and Narrowly

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Directly adverb - In a direct line or course.

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Narrowly and directly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Narrowly" instead an adverb "Directly".

Nearby Words: direct, direction, directed, directness

Narrowly adverb - By a very small margin.

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Directly and narrowly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directly" instead an adverb "Narrowly".

Nearby Words: narrow, narrowness

Kaiba hilariously lampshades this directly after the Virtual World Arc, directly after they've all narrowly escaped with their lives.

Source: Anime / Yu-Gi-Oh!
He narrowly won a third and final term before the town voted to abolish directly elected mayors.

Source: Springtime for Hitler
They come from the same Francis Bacon quote (allowing them to fit in with the season's Idiosyncratic Episode Naming) but narrowly avert Compound Title by the second phrase not directly following the first in the original text.

Source: Series / Orphan Black

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