restrainingly

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adverb

So as to restrain or hold back.

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Meanings

adverbrestrainingly (comparative more restrainingly, superlative most restrainingly)

comparative more restrainingly · superlative most restrainingly

  1. So as to restrain or hold back.

    […] Brown laid his hand restrainingly upon the gallant skipper's arm.

    1908, Harold Bindloss, For Jacinta

Origin

From restraining + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

restrainingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrainingly

MLA

“restrainingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrainingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restrainingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrainingly.

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