adverb
angustē
angustē (comparative angustius, superlative angustissimē)
Meaning
- narrowly, within a narrow space, closely
- figurativelyconcisely
- metonymicallypinchingly, stintingly
- with difficulty
angustē, adv., v angustus
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Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
angustē adv. with comp. and sup.
angustus, narrowly, within a narrow space, closely: sedere, in close quarters: angustius se habere: angustissime Pompeium continere, Cs. — Fig., concisely: scribere.—Meton., pinchingly, stintingly: re frumentariā uti, Cs.: frumentum angustius provenerat, i. e. more sparingly, Cs.—With difficulty: xx milia transportare, Cs.