Restrictive tone
Synonyms for "restrictive tone" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (9)
Adjective(9 words)
limitinglimiting toneprescriptive toneprohibitiverestrictive relative clauserule-bound tonesternstringenttight
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More general
8 entriescommunication styledependent clause typedescriptive wordgrammar termlimiting adjectivequalifying termtonetone descriptor
More specific
13 entriesacademic toneauthoritative toneconstrainingdefining clausedisciplinary toneformal toneguarded tonenarrowingpolicy toneprohibitiverestrictive relative clauserubric tonestringent
Collocations
11 entriesacademic tonecautious toneconstraining toneformal toneprescriptive tonerestrictive clauserestrictive dress coderestrictive environmentrestrictive policyrestrictive regulationsrestrictive rules
Inflections
3 entriesmore restrictivemost restrictiverestrictive tones
Derivations
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