relaxed

adjective

1. 1

   obsoleteMade slack or feeble; weak, soft.

   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 […].

2. 2

   Made more lenient; less strict; lax.

   The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.

   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.

3. 3

   Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

   He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.

   Students and faculty members lunch at the cafeteria and naturally communicate freely with one another in a relaxed and informal setting.

   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.

4. 4

   Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.

5. 5

   Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of relaxsimple past and past participle of relax

Forms

comparative

more relaxed

superlative

most relaxed