RESTRAINEDLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

restrainedly

adverb

as in reasonably

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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

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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

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But University of Pennsylvania classics scholar Emily Wilson, who published her own translation of Homer's epic in 2017, says Nolan's script is poorly written and lacking in emotional depth and character development.

— Dave Davies, NPR, 29 July 2026
The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Definition of poorly

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Xi inherited a booming economy and has prudently built upon it, avoiding actions that jeopardize China's gains.

— Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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

Definition of prudently

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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

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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

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