restrainedly
- a word derived from restrained.
Example Sentences
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In addition to the simple tools and religion that archaeology dictates, Golding gives them a rude telepathic sense�although he deals with this so restrainedly that it never seems a science-fiction gimmick.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Pauline was smiling, but restrainedly, and much as a woman does in condoning the naughtiness of her child.
From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch
They shook hands restrainedly, and the Ermetyne sauntered out again.
From Legacy by Schmitz, James H.
