constrained
adjUK /kənˈstɹɛjnd/ · /kənˈstɹeɪnd/
1
Kept within close bounds; confined.
- The epistle is opened and read—with a little wonder, most probably not a little vexation, at its constrained style.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
2
Forced; compelled.