- restrictive⇄adj. restricting; limiting.
Ex. Some laws are prohibitive; some are only restrictive. - restrictive⇄adv. restrictively.
- restrictive⇄noun a restrictive word or expression.
Ex. In English, what thickens the confusion, is the indeterminate character of the restrictives, alone and only (Jeremy Bentham). - restrictive⇄noun restrictiveness.
- restrictive⇄restrictive, adjective, noun.