Relaxed Meaning
/ɹɪˈlækst/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjMade slack or feeble; weak, soft.
adjMade more lenient; less strict; lax.
Sentence Examples
I feel relaxed with you.
How can I feel relaxed, with you watching me like that?
He appeared relaxed and confident before the match.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The beach vacation left her feeling completely ____ and carefree.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The atmosphere at the meeting was surprisingly ____, with everyone speaking openly and informally.
Word Origin & History
From relax + -ed, originally after Latin relaxātus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was a very wet morning. I woke relaxed and melancholy as in the country, and walked about an hour under cover, in the middle of the town […]."
— 1790, James Boswell, edited by Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 54:
"I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"Students and faculty members lunch at the cafeteria and naturally communicate freely with one another in a relaxed and informal setting."
— 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
"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 the relaxed atmosphere of the area and watch the birds and other wildlife on the shores right outside the station."
— 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The beach vacation left her feeling completely ____ and carefree.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The atmosphere at the meeting was surprisingly ____, with everyone speaking openly and informally.