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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

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

During all the foregoing colloquy, she had remained entirely silent; but an unoccupied observer would perhaps have noticed, that some new and very strong emotions were restrainedly stirring within her.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

He spoke with all the passionate self-persuasion of a fanatic, and Del Fortis judged it wisest to control his own fierce inward impatience and deal with him more restrainedly.

From Temporal Power by Corelli, Marie