Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
restrainingly
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
English
Etymology
From restraining + -ly.
Adverb
restrainingly (comparative more restrainingly, superlative most restrainingly)
- So as to restrain or hold back.
- 1908, Harold Bindloss, For Jacinta:
- […] Brown laid his hand restrainingly upon the gallant skipper's arm.
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads