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restrictively, adv.|rɪˈstrɪktɪvlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a restrictive way; with limitations.
1610J. Healey St. Aug. Citie of God (1620) 344 The Poets..fictions..were not spoken universally but restrictively. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. 135 Take the term [martyr] in a large acception, otherwise restrictively it signifies such an one, as suffers for the Testimony of the Truth. a1676Hale Wks. (1805) I. 398 This subject may be considered two ways: 1. absolutely,.. 2. Relatively, or restrictively.
1864Bowen Logic viii. 266 Thus, Restrictively, in affirming that, if A is B, C is D. 1884Law Rep. 14 Q.B. Div. 264 The Charter should be construed restrictively. So reˈstrictiveness. rare.
1679C. Nesse Antichrist 192 We find Mr. Brightman blam'd for his overmuch restrictiveness of interpretation. 1978Language LIV. 406 The second desideratum is the goal of restrictiveness: the notion that a theory of language should characterize just the class of possible human languages, and no more. 1980A. N. Wilson Healing Art xviii. 223 Both of them found..emotional restrictiveness necessary. |