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  • 21narrowly — adverb Syn: (only) just, barely, scarcely, hardly, by a hair s breadth; informal by a whisker …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 22management strategy — narrowly defined as the combination of a particular data collection system, a particular stock assessment technique and a particular harvest control rule and its implementation. Alternative management strategies can be compared against each other …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 23narrow — narrowly, adv. narrowness, n. /nar oh/, adj., narrower, narrowest, v., n. adj. 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 2. limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow… …

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  • 24freedom, positive/negative — Narrowly, or negatively, freedom is thought of as the absence of constraint: ‘Freedom’, said Hobbes, ‘is the silence of the law.’ Positively, freedom is a condition of liberation from social and cultural forces that are perceived as impeding full …

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  • 25civil disobedience — Narrowly understood, the refusal by all or part of a community to pay taxes or obey the laws and regulations of the state , as an attempt at changing government policy by non violent means. The Gandhian protests against British Rule in India are… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 26urbanization — Narrowly defined, urbanization refers to city formation. The earliest cities date from about the fourth millennium BCE. In the Middle Ages the expansion of long distance trade and mercantile capitalism stimulated the growth of major European… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 27ranch — Narrowly defined as an establishment for raising livestock on range. However, common usage in the American West also applies the term to a large farm devoted mainly to raising a single crop or kind of animal. In this use, it is proper to refer to …

    Combined glossary of agriculture

  • 28barely escaped — narrowly escaped, miraculously escaped …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29by a hair's breadth — narrowly, by a narrow margin …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30go one better — narrowly surpass. → one s betrothed …

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