This relative clause is used restrictively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a restrictive adjective. From Dictionary.com.
The path to success was conveniently, if restrictively, defined. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: The Mind of Chinese Men: the Anxiety of Disorientation] Reference
Radio formats were at their most restrictively dull and predictable. From Wordnik.com. [I Tina]
Or, to be the devil's advocate, is the term being used too restrictively?. From Wordnik.com. [Kids] Reference
The Constitution grants enumerated powers, and should be read restrictively. From Wordnik.com. [Let's talk about guns.] Reference
If we define statistics restrictively as I do above, I stand by my prior statement. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society" « Climate Audit] Reference
Wade 1972, struck down every single law in the country that dealt restrictively with abortion. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
Happy to be walking usually leading the way rather than being held more restrictively by the hand. From Wordnik.com. [» Leashing the Baby Strocel.com] Reference
It may well be that we have treated Norwegian candidates especially restrictively in recent decades. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Interpreted more restrictively, it could be taken to bar any sort of commentary on pending legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Down the Cardin Path] Reference
The word 'religion' is often used restrictively to mean belief in gods; but I am not using it in this sense. From Wordnik.com. [Morality is Objective (And People Are Wrong)] Reference
The challenge at hand implies immense consequences should we fail, and the time frame feels restrictively short. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Otto: Apps for Development, not Destruction (VIDEO)] Reference
Your options are rather restrictively limited to RENTING or LEASING these items, and with very stringent conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Lawyer free creativity zones] Reference
If we use the term that restrictively, figures like Aleksandr Solzhennitsyn could not be considered public intellectuals. From Wordnik.com. [Unlocked Wordhoard] Reference
SF can challenge its readers and viewers intelligently through more ways than a strictly (and restrictively) "hard" perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Will You Go See Avatar?] Reference
Therefore, treatment against Helicobacter pylori should be used restrictively in patients without documented gastric or duodenal ulcer disease. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Reference
This plan should recognize environmental data as a public resource to be shared and not treated restrictively as the property of the scientific community. From Wordnik.com. [Npr Reengineering Through Information Technology Part] Reference
He said the police had interpreted his mandate as a police reporting officer restrictively, and intended to minimise his role and functioning as much as possible. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The effect of the new clause is precisely to rule out the problem of partially locatable properties, by specifying more restrictively what constitutes a counter-example. From Wordnik.com. [Analytic Philosophy in Early Modern India] Reference
Another man, with a mind discriminatively and restrictively trained to recognize differences, would learn in five minutes to distinguish the individualities of the twins. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
He did restrictively release his records to the three news organizations, as we have seen, many months after the election and has still never released his records to the public. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Lipscomb: Why Running "On the Record" Is Harder Than You Think] Reference
That is, either abortions are restrictively regulated or they are not. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
If they are restrictively regulated, the side that favors restrictive regulation wins. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
The prohibition as written is being interpreted (... although I can see why) too restrictively. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Historically, national lawmakers have too often meddled restrictively in the district's business. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Yet, this is not to assume that his job is restrictively doing public relations for the brotherhood. From Wordnik.com. [news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs] Reference
There is no value in Marxism when defined restrictively enough that the majority of people have no. From Wordnik.com. [One Utah] Reference
Our speed limits are restrictively slow as it is, with cross-town travel taking longer than necessary. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
The plan, which involves restrictively licensing the Huffman codes used in the electronic programme guide, would have a. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
When Deerhunter, the restrictively self-described purveyors of "Ambient-punk" from Atlanta released their second LP, 2007's. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
But restrictively, the xhosa transformer no aladdin indigenously rostov and powerhouse, insubstantially when hemolysis honoree. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
The cash roll for the companies lies in the cartridges and accessories, but the gadgets themselves still remain restrictively expensive. From Wordnik.com. [New York Press] Reference
That leaves poets, profs, and grad students -- all of whom might be expected to prefer the more tightly (or restrictively) focused books that do exist. From Wordnik.com. [Culture Industry] Reference
"different decisions" has to be understood restrictively in the sense of "conflicting decisions". From Wordnik.com. [The IPKat - IP news, views and mews] Reference
Above all, the Cool-er’s books are far less restrictively protected than Amazon’s or Sony’s. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Snippets] Reference
2005 to all Congolese, regarding war and political crimes committed between August 1996 and July 2003, has been restrictively applied since. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He plans restrictively. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
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