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Meaning of restrainingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

So as to restrain or hold back.

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

restrictedly restrictively restward resultantly resultatively resultfully