RESTRICTIVELY Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

restrictively

adverb

as in selectively

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Recent Examples of restrictively In addition to reform laws, some state supreme courts interpret the eminent domain provisions of their own state constitutions more restrictively. — Aaron Walayat, The Conversation, 16 July 2026 Countering these threats with missiles is restrictively expensive, requiring a cheaper alternative ASAP. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026 The analysis provides a range because uncertainty remains about how restrictively administration officials will enact the policies. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 For those who have spent that money, the stakes are restrictively high. — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2022

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O’Connell’s office later accused the station of selectively editing and misrepresenting his remarks and released a longer version of the exchange.

— Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
This strategy enables the immune system to selectively attack tumor cells, either by linking them to T cells or by engineering T cells directly.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of selectively

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Mukerji said her film choices have always come down to what moved her personally first – stories that needed telling, that could inspire and empower.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
In 2025, Wanda Sykes, who co-hosted the 2022 Oscars with Amy Schumer and Regina Hall, told Variety that Smith had apologized to her personally for disrupting the show with the slap.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

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The number represents about a third of the Connecticut prison population and individually represents mothers, fathers, brothers, sons who have been accused but not found guilty.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Most is in the form of subatomic particles called neutrinos, which carry little energy individually but are generated in vast numbers when a star explodes.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

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