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English

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Etymology

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Fromrelax +‎-ed, originally afterLatinrelaxātus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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relaxed (comparativemorerelaxed,superlativemostrelaxed)

  1. (obsolete, physiology) Madeslack orfeeble;weak,soft.[from 15th c.]
    • 1790,James Boswell, edited by Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady,Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published1989, page54:
      It was a very wet morning. I wokerelaxed and melancholy as in the country, and walked about an hour under cover, in the middle of the town[].
  2. Made morelenient; lessstrict;lax.[from 17th c.]
    Therelaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.
  3. Free from tension or anxiety; at ease;leisurely.[from 18th c.]
    Synonyms:easygoing,laid-back,unconcerned;see alsoThesaurus:calm,Thesaurus:carefree
    Antonyms:anxious,nervous,stressed
    He's arelaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.
    • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, inJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development,→DOI, page 4:
      Students and faculty members lunch at the cafeteria and naturally communicate freely with one another in arelaxed and informal setting.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, inRAIL, number948, page28:
      Even so, this delightful station is well worth a visit, - either to admire the architecture, sip a coffee from the shop, or just soak up therelaxed atmosphere of the area and watch the birds and other wildlife on the shores right outside the station.
  4. (chiefly physics) Without physicaltension; in a state ofequilibrium.[from 19th c.]
  5. (physiology) Of amuscle:soft, nottensed.[from 19th c.]

Derived terms

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Translations

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having an easy-going mood
free from tension or anxiety, at ease

Verb

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relaxed

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofrelax

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromEnglishrelaxed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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relaxed (comparativerelaxter,superlativerelaxtst)

  1. (informal)relaxed,chill,nice

Declension

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Declension ofrelaxed
uninflectedrelaxed
inflectedrelaxte
comparativerelaxter
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialrelaxedrelaxterhetrelaxtst
hetrelaxtste
indefinitem./f. sing.relaxterelaxtererelaxtste
n. sing.relaxedrelaxterrelaxtste
pluralrelaxterelaxtererelaxtste
definiterelaxterelaxtererelaxtste
partitiverelaxedsrelaxters

Related terms

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German

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Verb

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relaxed

  1. perfectparticiple ofrelaxen

Usage notes

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  • The spellingrelaxed has been an optional spelling since 2024.
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