restrainedly

The laugh tittered and rippled through. clubs and social circles, was restrainedly merry in the editorial columns, and broke out in loud guffaws in the comic weeklies ..

Goliah 2010

Of course, make a rule, and a dozen exceptions will leap to their feet and gently, restrainedly protest …

Not Ugly Betty « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

I really enjoy being pointedly restrained (restrainedly pointed?).

tourist trap 2005

I could only say, doubtingly and restrainedly — “You have something to tell me.”

The Woman in White 2003

I understood why the sweet sensitive lips smiled so rarely and so restrainedly now, and why the clear blue eyes looked at me, sometimes with the pity of an angel, sometimes with the innocent perplexity of a child.

The Woman in White 2003

Abbot Radulfus added his own plea, very restrainedly.

The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982

Combined with the refined and rich decor, the whole effect was restrainedly elegant.

Call Of The Heart Delamere, Wanda 1982

He did like roast tubers, but restrainedly took only a small one.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

He did like roast tubers, but restrainedly took only a small one.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

The masters he followed expressed themselves as restrainedly as those he turned his back on.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1976 - Press Release 1976