restrained

Meanings

• keep under control; keep in check
• place limits on (extent or access)
• to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
• hold back
• to compel or deter by or as if by threats
• cool and formal in manner
• under restraint
• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
  • "restrained in his response"
• not showy or obtrusive
• prudent

Synonyms

bound, confine, constrain, cumber, encumber, guarded, hold, hold back, intimidate, keep, keep back, limit, moderate, quiet, restrain, restrict, reticent, throttle, trammel, unemotional