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constrainedly
adverb
uk /kənˈstreɪ.nɪd.li/ us /kənˈstreɪ.nɪd.li/
in a forced or unnatural way:
The inspector spoke carefully and constrainedly.
She laughed rather constrainedly when I asked her where she had been.
She blushed and denied the allegation rather constrainedly.
He spoke somewhat constrainedly at first, but soon began to chat away about his love for fishing.
I was walking a little constrainedly on account of the injury to my ankle.
She thanked him a little constrainedly for finding the letter, and quickly stuffed it back into her handbag.
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