Definitions

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  • adverb So as to restrain or hold back.

Etymologies

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restraining +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "Caramon -" Tanis warned, holding out his hand restrainingly.

    Dragons of Spring Dawning Weis, Margaret 1985

  • They stood obediently, one on each side of Bart, who kept his hands restrainingly on their small shoulders, and they began, with him, to sing hymns.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • They stood obediently, one on each side of Bart, who kept his hands restrainingly on their small shoulders, and they began, with him, to sing hymns.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • They stood obediently, one on each side of Bart, who kept his hands restrainingly on their small shoulders, and they began, with him, to sing hymns.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • They stood obediently, one on each side of Bart, who kept his hands restrainingly on their small shoulders, and they began, with him, to sing hymns.

    Seeds of Yesterday Andrews, V. C. 1984

  • They stood obediently, one on each side of Bart, who kept his hands restrainingly on their small shoulders, and they began, with him, to sing hymns.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

  • Cora made calming gestures with mannequin hands, the long fingers fluttering restrainingly.

    Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980

  • Then Rugel's arms were flung restrainingly around him, and the Second

    The Colors of Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

  • Although the room was crammed and the refreshment peculiar, some of the elegance which had distinguished entertaining in Portminster Lodge in the nineties still hovered restrainingly over the sly-eyed ill-assorted gathering.

    More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

  • Although the room was crammed and the refreshment peculiar, some of the elegance which had distinguished entertaining in Portminster Lodge in the nineties still hovered restrainingly over the sly-eyed ill-assorted gathering.

    More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

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