hillitsevillä

Hillitsevillä is a Finnish adjective form derived from hillitä, meaning to curb or restrain. It is the adessive plural form of hillitsevä and is used to describe means, actions, or agents that restrain, curb, or temper something. In practice, hillitsevillä modifies a plural noun in the adessive case, for example hillitsevillä keinoilla (with restraining means) or hillitsevillä toimenpiteillä (with restraining measures).

Grammatically, hillitsevä describes something that has a restraining or moderating function. The hillitsevillä form appears when the noun it modifies is plural and in the adessive case. This construction is common in formal or policy-oriented Finnish, where relationships of means or instruments are being specified.

Usage and nuance, Hillitsevillä conveys a sense of restraint rather than outright prohibition. It is often found in political, legal, or administrative discourse to characterize methods or instruments intended to limit, temper, or slow down a process. Examples include sentences such as “Päätös tehtiin hillitsevillä keinoilla” (The decision was made with restraining means) or “Keskustelua käytiin hillitsevillä toimenpiteillä” (The discussion proceeded with restraining measures). The term can describe policies, regulations, or practical actions designed to prevent undesirable developments without banning them outright.

See also: hillitä, hillitsevä, hillittämisen liikevaihto (in related discussions of restraint), Finnish adjectives and participles in -vä and -villä forms. The form is primarily a grammatical and stylistic tool in Finnish, used to specify means of restraint in a neutral, informative tone.