What is another word for restrictively?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪstɹˈɪktɪvli] (IPA)

The word "restrictively" means in a way that limits or constrains. Some synonyms for this word include narrowly, rigorously, exclusively, conservatively, and constrictively. When we use words like "narrowly" or "conservatively," we imply that there are strict boundaries or limits in place. "Rigorously" suggests a more intense or demanding application of those restrictions. "Exclusively" connotes a sense of exclusion or limiting access to something. Lastly, "constrictively" communicates a sense of suffocation or tightness, as if the restrictions are impeding or holding one back. All of these synonyms offer slightly different shades of meaning, but they ultimately convey the same sense of strict limitation.

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Usage examples for Restrictively

Thus, if I say, "Men who grasp after riches, are never satisfied;" the relative who is taken restrictively, and I am understood to speak only of the avaricious.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
Thus that and as are appropriately our restrictive relatives, though who and which are sometimes used restrictively; but, in a resumptive sense, who or which is required, and required even after those terms which usually demand that or as: thus, We are vexed at the unlucky chance, and go away dissatisfied.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown

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