| 释义 |
constrainedly, adv.|kənˈstreɪnɪdlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a constrained manner.
1. Under constraint or compulsion.
1549Cheke Hurt Sedit. (1641) 52 That yee refuse to doe willingly, think yee must be drawne to doe the same constrainedly. 1678Yng. Man's Call. 326 Never having attired her self in regal ornaments, but constrainedly and with tears. 1837G. Redford Script. Verif. vii. 459 Facts which they most reluctantly and constrainedly attest.
2. With constrained manner or behaviour; without natural spontaneity or freedom of manner.
1654Earl of Orrery Parthenissa (1676) 637, I forced my self to divert those two persons..which yet I did so constrainedly, that I gave them more cause of pity, than satisfaction. 1865Cornh. Mag. Nov. 579 ‘Before I answer your question’, said Midwinter a little constrainedly, ‘I want to ask you something.’ |