Sekirov Dictionary

restrictive

/ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
- The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. — 1961
limiting free and easy bodily movement.

noun1

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A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.
- […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […] — 2013

forms

restrictives · more restrictive · most restrictive

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