restrictive
adjective
tending or serving to restrict.
restrictively
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a word derived from
restrictive.
Example Sentences
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Anna Hopkins plays Fret, a medical researcher working to thwart a spreading plague called Coral, which causes humans to grow a restrictively stiff shell on their skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
The Labor Department alleged that United systematically reimbursed for out-of-network mental health services more restrictively than it did for medical or surgical care, among other accusations.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
Mr. Musk has criticized Twitter for moderating its platform too restrictively and has said more speech should be allowed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
Other countries, like Italy, have quotation exceptions, but courts have interpreted them quite restrictively.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2019
Another man, with a mind discriminatively and restrictively trained to recognize differences, would learn in five minutes to distinguish the individualities of the twins.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
