narrowly

narrow /'nærǝƱ/ adj (-er,-est)

၁။ ကျဉ်းသော။ a narrow bed/ bridge/ channel/path ❍ The lane was too narrow for cars to overtake. Compare BROAD¹၁, THIN ၁,WIDE ၁ (က)
၂။ သီသီကလေး။ ပွတ်ကာသီကာ။ နှာတစ်ဖျား။ have a narrow escape from death ❍ be elected by a narrow majority (eg when voting is 67to 64) ❍ have a narrow lead over (ie be not far ahead of) the rest.
၃။ (အမြင်) ကျဉ်းမြောင်းသော။ a narrow mind ❍ She takes a rather narrow view of the subject.
၄။ (အရေအတွက်၊ အမျိုးအစား) နည်းပါးသော။ ကျဉ်းမြောင်းသော။ a narrow circle of friends ❍ within the narrow confines of political life.
၅။ အတိအကျ။ What does the word mean in its narrowest sense?
v ကျဉ်းမြောင်းသည်။ ကျဉ်းမြောင်းစေသည်။ The road narrows here. ❍ The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably. ❍ Her eyes narrowed (ie She partly closed them) menacingly. ❍ He narrowed his eyes and frowned.
 narrow sth down [PHRV ] လျှော့ပစ်သည်။ ကျဉ်းပစ် သည်။ We' ve narrowed down the list to three possible candidates.
 narrowly adv
၁။ သီသီကလေး။ be narrowly defeated ❍ He narrowly avoided a collision/ escaped death.
၂။ စေ့စေ့စပ်စပ်။ observe someone narrowly. narrowness n [U]: the narrowness of the road ❍ narrowness of mind.
 narrow-minded /'maÇndÇd / adj သဘောထား ကျဉ်း မြောင်းသော။ a narrow minded bigot. narrow- mindedness n [U]
 narrows n [pl] ရေလက်ကြား။