constrainedlyadv.
/kənˈstreɪnɪdli/ In a constrained manner.
1. Under constraint or compulsion.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] > under compulsion
forcedly1548
constrainedly1549
enforcedly1579
coactly1581
compelledly1590
inforcively1604
compulsively1628
extortedly1640
compulsatively1844
1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. F5v That ye refuse to do willingly, thinke ye must be drawen to do the same constrainedlie.
1678 Young Man's Calling 326 Never having attired her self in regal ornaments, but constrainedly and with tears.
1837 G. 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.
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the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > embarrassedly
constrainedly1656
embarrassedly1799
self-consciously1860
1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. ii. 77 I forced my self to divert those two persons..which yet I did so constrainedly, that I gave them more cause of pitty, than satisfaction.
1865 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 579 ‘Before I answer your question’, said Midwinter a little constrainedly, ‘I want to ask you something.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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