Superlative for controlled or reserved in displaying one's emotion
“Even when talking in the most restrained of voices, Hugo's lilt would still rise up above all others.”
Superlative for restrained and unpretentious in nature or appearance
“Throughout Misery is a Butterfly, all recording tracks share this remarkably restrained touch.”
Superlative for showing self-restraint or abstemious moderation
“He was so restrained in his drinking of wine and any sort of drink that he rarely drank more than three times at a meal.”
Superlative for slow to reveal emotion or opinions
(of colours) Superlative for having a restrained or non-vibrant quality
Superlative for prevented from fully growing or developing
Superlative for physically imprisoned or incarcerated
Superlative for apprehended and placed in confinement by authorities
Superlative for careful, cautious or restrained in manner or approach
Superlative for conforming to standards of good behavior
Superlative for characterized by patience, tolerance or indulgence
Superlative for marked by moderate behavior not given to excesses
Superlative for constrained under authority or power
Superlative for kept in one's possession
Superlative for proper, polite or refined in manner or behavior
Superlative for not excessive and within reason or due limits
Superlative for not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
Superlative for obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something
Superlative for embarrassed because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations
Superlative for being in a disadvantaged or compromised state
Superlative for showing a controlled form of behavior or way of working
Superlative for having no shine or luster
(of a space) Superlative for restricted in area or volume
Superlative for prone to speaking evasively or indirectly
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