Literary notes about unconstrained (AI summary)
In literature, "unconstrained" is used to evoke an air of natural freedom and unselfconscious behavior across a wide range of contexts. It can describe a character’s effortless poise and sincerity, as when a smile or manner is depicted without artifice ([1], [2], [3]), while also being applied to more lofty descriptions such as divine omnipotence ([4], [5]). The term appears in settings as diverse as casual social interactions ([6], [7]) and formal, even technical, discourses about freedom and natural outcomes ([8], [9]). Additionally, "unconstrained" serves to highlight spontaneity and a lack of restrictive conventionality, enabling a portrayal that is both refreshingly candid and imbued with an inherent grace ([10], [11], [12]).
- His face was calm, and his smile sweet, and his manner unconstrained.
— from The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index - “You are very tired, I fear, Miss Western,” he said, with the unconstrained kindliness in his voice which so softened and mellowed its tones.
— from Hathercourt by Mrs. Molesworth - She used my Christian name with the unconstrained freedom of relationship.
— from Sarita, the Carlist by Arthur W. Marchmont - Thy Lord, verily, is the Unconstrained, the All-Powerful,
— from The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh - No God is there but Thee, the Strong, the Unconstrained."
— from Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh - If you wish to maintain such intercourse, be free and unconstrained; but never indulge in coarse familiarity.
— from A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge by John Breckinridge - I entered with an easy and unconstrained air, and asked a child who was playing at top in the court-yard where his father was.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - The patient should be placed in such an unconstrained position as will allow the operator to exert all necessary movements with freedom.
— from Extraction of the Teeth by Frank Colyer - Not the thing done but the quality of mind that goes into the doing settles what is utilitarian and what is unconstrained and educative. § 3.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Maggie's manner this morning had been as unconstrained and indifferent as ever.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot - To right and left did he incline his head in the sidelong, yet unconstrained, manner that was his wont and never failed to charm the beholder.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - It was their wish that, for some months at any rate, the young Princess should continue the simple yet full life of unconstrained girlhood.
— from The Empress Frederick: a memoir by Anonymous
