Both Uses of
constrained
in
Emma
- Such another small basin of thin gruel as his own was all that he could, with thorough self-approbation, recommend; though he might constrain himself, while the ladies were comfortably clearing the nicer things, to say: "Mrs.†
Chpt 1.3-4
- The "How d'ye do's" were quiet and constrained on each side.†
Chpt 3.13-14 *
Definition:
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(constrained) restricted or inhibited