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restrictively

UK
/rɪˈstrɪktɪvli/
US
/rɪˈstrɪktɪvli/

Translations

restrictivelyadverb
UK
/rɪˈstrɪktɪvli/
US
/rɪˈstrɪktɪvli/
The new policy was applied restrictively, affecting only a small group of employees.
La nouvelle politique a été appliquée restrictivement, ne touchant qu’un petit groupe d’employés.
Additional translations
de manière restrictiveEn linguistique, pour marquer une valeur restrictive.
Synonyms
narrowly
tightly
limitedly
stringently
constrictively

Definitions

restrictivelyadverb
In a manner that limits or confines something.
The new policy was applied restrictively, affecting only a small group of employees.
In linguistics, so as to limit or define the reference of the noun or clause it modifies; as a restrictive modifier.
In the clause "students who study hard", the phrase "who study hard" is used restrictively.
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