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confining

confining adjective: limiting; restrictive. Also the present participle and gerund of confine.

Adjective

confining (comparative more confining, superlative most confining)

  1. Limiting; restrictive.

Also used as

confining is also the present participle and gerund of confine.

Forms of confining

comparativemore confining
superlativemost confining

Words formed from confining

Phrases with confining

Questions about confining

What does confining mean?
Confining means limiting; restrictive.
What part of speech is confining?
Confining is an adjective.

Words near confining in the dictionary

  1. confiners
  2. confines
  3. confines oneself
  4. confinest
  5. confineth
  6. confining
  7. confining oneself
  8. confiningly
  9. confiningness
  10. confinity
  11. confirm

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