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well-suppressed

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The usual softness is gone from them, and only a well-suppressed grief and a pride that cannot be suppressed take its place.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Thus it was, then, that almost every article used by the bee-hunter, though so simple and homely, was the subject of a secret, but well-suppressed admiration.

From Oak Openings by Cooper, James Fenimore

Signs of a well-suppressed activity are manifest to an experienced eye like mine.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Our new friend was delighted; we could see by his well-suppressed eagerness of tone that he knew us at once for probable purchasers.

From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Allen, Grant