restrainedly

adverb

as in reasonably

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restrainedly
  1. reasonably
  2. moderately
  3. poorly
  4. prudently
  5. sensibly
  6. conservatively
  7. economically
  8. cheaply
Adverb
  • Well, as strong as any goalie’s case can reasonably be — goalies are still very volatile after all.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Statute 8-2109 says that police may issue a traffic violation or make an arrest at the site of a crash if the driver is reasonably suspected to have committed any traffic offense in connection with the accident.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
Definition of reasonably
Adverb
  • Deloitte Insights’ latest State of AI in the Enterprise survey shows that 74% of companies expect to use Agentic AI at least moderately within two years.
    — Girija Krishnamurthy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Categories run from definitely morning through moderately morning, neither type, moderately evening and definitely evening.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Definition of moderately
Adverb
  • Guardrails, if installed incorrectly or poorly maintained, can kill, rather than save, motorists who crash into them.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • Platform-first planning privileges novelty, frequency and short-term engagement—signals that are easy to measure but often poorly aligned with where wealth and decision authority truly reside.
    — Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of poorly
Adverb
  • Faced with rising costs and declining revenues, the North County Transit District is prudently reducing expenses by freezing open positions.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • The war’s real-time developments affect the ability of every Fortune Global 500 executive to forecast accurately and lead prudently.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Definition of prudently
Adverb
  • Expansion opens white space faster than any single player can fill, and wider than any one would sensibly try to cover.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of sensibly
Adverb
  • Spend conservatively Flexibility can significantly improve the longevity of your portfolio.
    — Evan Zimmer, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • Sweden, especially, seemed content to play conservatively, which forced France to take mediocre shots in the early going.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of conservatively
Adverb
  • The catch, as there very often is, is that the critical elements mostly exist in concentrations that are too low to extract economically.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • That’s because central planning always and everywhere fails, and would be economically disastrous if one of the most important prices in the world (credit) were controlled from the Commanding Heights.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of economically
Adverb
  • Learn quickly enough, and cheaply enough, to decide based on evidence rather than optimism.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • China’s energy resilience and its ability to quickly and cheaply produce goods for other nations have helped buffer some of the economic impact from the war in Iran.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of cheaply
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