adv. I. narrowly, within narrow limits, briefly :-- Nearolíce strictim, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 41, 60. Ys seó foresǽde bóc (Genesis) on manegum stówum swíde nærolíce gesett (is a mere narrative of events), and ðeáh swíde deóplíce on ðam gástlícum andgite, Ælfc. Gen. Thor. 4, 3. II. oppressively, grievously :-- Ða ðe nearwlícast cúðan swician those who knew how to cheat in most oppressive manner, L. I. P. 12 ; Th. ii. 320, 24. III. narrowly, exactly, strictly :-- Manegu díglu þing sindon nearolíce (subtiliter) tó smeáganne many secret things are to be narrowly examined, Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 13. Swá swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian (of the enquiry which was made when Doomsday Book was compiled), Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 218, 34. [He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð, A. R. 334, 14.] nearulice