Basic
Basic adjective - Of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject.
Restrained and basic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Restrained" instead an adjective "Basic".
Restrained
Restrained adjective - Not excessively showy.
Basic and restrained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Basic" instead an adjective "Restrained".
Nearby Words: restraint, restraining
Both words in one sentence
- It's ostensibly Rorschach/Daniel, but only insofar as what counts as slashy for Rorschach constitutes basic human contact for anyone else; it's very restrained and mostly implied, is what I'm saying.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Watchmen -
After a series of increasingly powerful and masucline forms Goku and Vegeta turn him into his most basic one: Kid Buu, who looks like a surly teenager... who happens to be one of his strongest and the least restrained form.
Source: Fluffy the Terrible
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