restrained
adjective
characterized by restraint.
restrainedly
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a word derived from
restrained.
Example Sentences
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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
Mr. Stock, unaccountably prepared for the emergency, picked up another stick from his desk and went on restrainedly as ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
In dealing with the conditions on a distant and inaccessible world the farthest flight of imagination might fall short of the reality, but I have preferred to treat these matters somewhat restrainedly.
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Mark Wicks
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
The laugh tittered and rippled through clubs and social circles, was restrainedly merry in the editorial columns, and broke out in loud guffaws in the comic weeklies.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by Jack London
