RESTRAINEDLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

restrainedly

adverb

as in reasonably

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For strategic answers, ask what the system would need to know before its advice could reasonably apply to you individually.

— Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Enough time has passed to reasonably expect a player drafted that high to be an NHL regular.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of reasonably

Adverb

Jiangxing Intelligence, a physical AI firm, has developed an AI ‘brain’ that monitors environmental conditions around renewable energy infrastructure to ensure electricity is collected and stored prudently.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Under a 2019 law brought by Newsom to protect utilities from bankruptcy, the companies automatically are deemed to have acted prudently if regulators sign off on their wildfire prevention plan.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of prudently

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My favorite picture in the book finds a sensibly blue Subaru station wagon that has somehow turned on its side in the middle of the night.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Given the limited floorspace, Tiny Tect Tiny Houses has sensibly kept the interior layout quite simple.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensibly

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On one play, the Packers played conservatively and ran for a 1-yard toss on third-and-12 early in the third quarter while leading 19-10.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Many others at the Pentagon tribute were dressed conservatively.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of conservatively

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The duo walks away from this skirmish, though not unscathed, as Samjad quickly and economically sets up a blistering saga of stylish reprisals with no holds barred.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Cameron inked a deal with Meta for its Meta Quest VR headsets in 2024, and Lightstorm believes that studios will be able to economically turn their film and TV libraries into 3D content that can be played in those environments, at a reasonable cost.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of economically

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School uniforms were born out of a necessity to clothe students as cheaply as possible.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
The great challenge of teaching is not to transmit information—machines do that cheaply now—but to engineer those moments of genuine understanding reliably enough that students come to crave them.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

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