self-restrained
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Indeed, John Smart thinks that given their processing capacity, A.I.s would actually be “vastly more responsible, regulated, and self-restrained than human beings.”
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2016
But his Black Keys bandmate was not so self-restrained.
From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2014
Yet there were the self-restrained Galaxy tied 0-0 with their captain standing over a potential 68th minute winner.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
I say further that I have always seen her self-restrained, and especially during medical treatment.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
Even Elton, self-restrained, almost self-sufficient, admitted that Mr. Triggs was right.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George