restrained
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The ones hosted by journalistic outlets often were restrained, with budgets—rather than propriety—keeping excess in check.
Tillman’s delivery of his lines is simultaneously restrained and seething: “I am owed a measure of respect, even by my superiors.”
From Los Angeles Times
Growth could be restrained next year partly due to persistent weakness in the labor market, particularly in the first half of the year.
From Barron's
On deck, she reminds the crew that the captain, who may yet recover, ordered Mr. Keeler restrained.
At first his projects were fairly well-behaved and faithful, at least outwardly, to the Modernist principles he had learned at USC: flat roofs, restrained geometry.
From Los Angeles Times
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