Constrainedly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that restricts freedom and imposes limitations on actions
2. Executed in a manner that tightly regulates behavior and restricts personal expression
3. Done with limitation on freedom or movement in a controlled way

Etymology: "Constrainedly" is simply "constrained" with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly" added to the end. "Constrained" is the past participle of "constrain," which comes into English from Old French "constreindre," itself from Latin "constringere," meaning "to bind tightly together." The sense of forced restraint in "constrained" grew out of that physical idea of binding, so a constrained manner of speaking or moving is one held in as if by ties. The suffix "-ly," from Old English "-lic," is the ordinary way English turns an adjective into an adverb, so "constrainedly" describes doing something in a constrained way. Its meaning follows directly from the parts, with no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: restrictively, tightly