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con⋅strained

  [kuhn-streynd]
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–adjective
1. forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
2. stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed: a constrained manner.
Origin:
1565–75; constrain + -ed 2

Related forms:
con⋅strain⋅ed⋅ly  [kuhn-strey-nid-lee] , adverb
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con·strain   (kən-strān')   
tr.v.   con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains
  1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force.
  2. To keep within close bounds; confine: a life that had been constrained by habit to the same few activities and friends.
  3. To inhibit or restrain; hold back: "Failing to control the growth of international debt will also constrain living standards" (Ronald Brownstein).
  4. To produce in a forced or inhibited manner.

[Middle English constreinen, from Old French constraindre, constraign-, from Latin cōnstringere, to restrain, compress : com-, com- + stringere, to bind, press together; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
con·strain'a·ble adj., con·strain'ed·ly (-strā'nĭd-lē) adv., con·strain'er n.
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Constrainedly

Con*strain"ed*ly\, adv. By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. --Hooker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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