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restrictively

ADVERB
oppressively
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Anna Hopkins plays Fret, a medical researcher working to thwart a spreading plague called Coral, which causes humans to grow a restrictively stiff shell on their skin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2022

The Labor Department alleged that United systematically reimbursed for out-of-network mental health services more restrictively than it did for medical or surgical care, among other accusations.

From Washington Post May 25, 2022

I love it because my brain works better, and I don’t want to think about eating restrictively.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2019

Other countries, like Italy, have quotation exceptions, but courts have interpreted them quite restrictively.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2019

Another man, with a mind discriminatively and restrictively trained to recognize differences, would learn in five minutes to distinguish the individualities of the twins.

From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins




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