restrictively

Example Sentences

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Anna Hopkins plays Fret, a medical researcher working to thwart a spreading plague called Coral, which causes humans to grow a restrictively stiff shell on their skin.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2022

The Labor Department alleged that United systematically reimbursed for out-of-network mental health services more restrictively than it did for medical or surgical care, among other accusations.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

I love it because my brain works better, and I don’t want to think about eating restrictively.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2019

Other countries, like Italy, have quotation exceptions, but courts have interpreted them quite restrictively.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2019

Learn your facts with discrimination; then use them restrictively in the circumstances where they will be most effective in promoting your success.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.