restrainingly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From restraining + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]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.