RESTRAINEDLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

restrainedly

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as in reasonably

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Many users are unaware of the various ways that smart TVs can track the activity of people in the home, and many presume (and reasonably so) that the TV isn’t tracking anything if it’s not connected to the Internet.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Turkey is also a reasonably desirable destination for players of a certain type.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reasonably

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But the Dolphins’ tackles graded out poorly in pass protection.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Done poorly, which is where many merchants are today, the rail is hardcoded, and every regulatory shift becomes an engineering project instead of a configuration change.

— Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of poorly

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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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There are other factors that effect children in these communities, but the evidence suggests that having an involved father can be an important protective factor that improves a child's chances of succeeding academically, economically and socially.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
But the league is also going through a massive sea change right now, both economically and in the mindset of its player base.

— James Mirtle, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of economically

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The robot’s job is to work down a ladder of fallbacks, each one trying to resolve the failure more cheaply than a person could.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Former Arsenal centre-back Takehiro Tomiyasu joined on a one-year contract to provide quality cover cheaply, but also as a utility player with the option to potentially use him across the back line.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of cheaply

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