Narrowly
Narrowly adverb - By a very small margin.
Usage example: they narrowly escaped with their lives
Slightly and narrowly are semantically related in just topic. In some cases you can use "Slightly" instead an adverb "Narrowly", when it comes to topics like barely, hardly.
Nearby Words: narrow, narrowness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Narrowly averted with the Lee brothers themselves, as this version gives them slightly altered hairstyles and expressions on top of their palette swaps to differentiate them further.
Source: Video Game / Double Dragon Neon -
Episode 2 has an adorably flimsy-looking Killer Robot chasing the Doctor at a pace best associated with zimmer frames, while Tom Baker zips and flings himself around it effortlessly, trying to look like he's narrowly being missed by its blows and not slightly managing.
Source: Fight Scene Failure
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