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Relaxed   /rɪlˈækst/  /rilˈækst/   Listen
Relaxed

adjective
1.
Without strain or anxiety.  "A relaxed and informal discussion"


Relax

verb
(past & past part. relaxed; pres. part. relaxing)
1.
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.  Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind.  "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
2.
Make less taut.  Synonym: unbend.
3.
Become loose or looser or less tight.  Synonyms: loose, loosen.  "The rope relaxed"
4.
Cause to feel relaxed.  Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind.
5.
Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner.  Synonym: loosen up.
6.
Make less severe or strict.  Synonym: loosen.
7.
Become less severe or strict.  Synonym: loosen.
8.
Make less active or fast.  Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken.  "Don't relax your efforts now"



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"Relaxed" Quotes from Famous Books



... and loosely formed, as though written by a tremulous hand—such letters as old men form when the muscles have become relaxed. ...
— Cord and Creese • James de Mille
... relaxed the millionaire's features for a moment as he heard this news; but they grew grim again as he asked bitterly, 'And weren't the garage and stable men enough to guard the house without the rest of you, whose business is to keep my ground ...
— Sarah's School Friend • May Baldwin
... as if seeking to overtake her. Mavis, who was well used to being accosted by night prowlers, quickened her steps, but to no purpose: a moment or two later, someone touched her arm. She turned angrily, to see Windebank beside her. Her expression relaxed, to become very hard. ...
— Sparrows - The Story of an Unprotected Girl • Horace W. C. Newte
... meant pouting room, a place where the ceremonious grande dame of the Louis might relax and express a ruffled mood, if she would? Which only serves to prove that even the definition of words alter with fashion, for we imagine that our supinely relaxed modern beauty, of the country club type, has on the whole more self-control than she of the ...
— Woman as Decoration • Emily Burbank
... reported that on one occasion the British agent ordered the army to make a demonstration before the palace, and pointed out to the young ruler the folly of forcing events which would inevitably lead to his dethronement. The tension was gradually relaxed, and compromises brought about which resulted in harmony between the khedive and the British policy of administration, and no one rejoiced more than Abbas Hilmi ...
— History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12) • S. Rappoport


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