restrictive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
restrictive/rɪˈstrɪktɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 imposing restrictions.
- 2 Grammar (of a relative clause or descriptive phrase) serving to specify the particular instance or instances being mentioned.
– derivatives
restrictively adverb,
restrictiveness noun.
restrictively adverb,
restrictiveness noun.
'restrictive' also found in these Oxford entries:
clap
- dig
- flag of convenience
- free
- gilded cage
- include
- mould
- non-restrictive
- pigeonhole
- restrictive covenant
- restrictive practice
- stint
- that
- wall
