restrained
adjective
characterized by restraint.
restrainedly
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a word derived from
restrained.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Stock, unaccountably prepared for the emergency, picked up another stick from his desk and went on restrainedly as ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it is Britain's political gift to conceal major changes in substance behind continuity of form, it is this Swede's talent to act restrainedly in revolutionary ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no need that we sing restrainedly of our goodly dower, or in measured words, for we are no servile race of hirelings, but free men and proclaimers of this land.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
That he could do a better thing is proved by his essay on Keats, which, after he has done with his droning, schoolmasterly defence of Keats's morals, is eloquent, serene and restrainedly emotional.
From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy
She put down her forehead suddenly on the hand that still rested against his breast, and began to cry softly and restrainedly, like an overtaxed child.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
