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relaxed, ppl. a.|rɪˈlækst|
[f. relax v.]
1. a. Freed from restraint or restrictions; not strict or precise, † esp. in observing a religious rule.
1638–48G. Daniel Eclog. v. 234 The Florentine prescribes to duller fooles; But Stronger flow from all relaxed Soules. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxxii. 200 He had been Visitor of the Relaxed Fathers of the Province of Castile. 1768Boyer Dict. Royal I. s.v. Grain, Catholique à gros grain, a relaxed Catholick. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) II. 686/1 Augustinians are..divided into rigid and relaxed. 1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets iii. (1870) 74 Shakspeare..is relaxed and careless in critical places. 1855Pusey Doctr. Real Pres. Note S 704 That ye..may neither yourselves be relaxed, regardless of the fear of God, nor [etc.].
b. Slackened, mitigated, or modified in respect of strictness.
1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxx. 183 A Monastery of our Lady of Carmel of the Rule relaxed. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 87 The women wear no more covering than the most relaxed modesty seems absolutely to require. 1858Gladstone Homer III. 19 It seems very doubtful..whether..the relaxed sense ever appears as a title in the singular number. 1881Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 168 When the law has become relaxed, public opinion takes its place.
2. Path. Of parts of the body: Deprived to some extent of the usual firmness; rendered soft or feeble.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 127 This part in Deere..sometimes becomes so relaxed and pendulous, it cannot be quite retracted. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady i. xi. §1 (1734) 99 Those who have weak, loose, and feeble or relax'd Nerves. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 284 When the body is warm and relaxed, as during sleep, or after fatigue. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. iv, His hands were small and delicate, with large blue veins, that spoke of relaxed fibres. 1865Dickens Let. 6 Nov., I have been unwell with a relaxed throat.
3. In other senses of the vb., esp. (in sense 7) informal, leisurely, at ease; unanxious, free from constraint or tension.
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 500 The relaxed spring..above lying in a spiral form. 1846Ellis Elgin Marb. I. 164 Busy movement, and relaxed effort. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. vi. 57 There must be either great areas of relaxed ice or open water-leads along the shore. 1958Listener 19 June 1032/2 All the speakers sounded relaxed and informal. Ibid. 14 Aug. 249/2 What struck me most was the leisurely, richly human world—‘relaxed’ we should call it now, when nobody is relaxed—that it evoked. 1961Times 16 Mar. 15/4 ‘Relaxed’ has taken the place of the outmoded ‘bronzed and fit’. 1972M. Woodhouse Mama Doll ix. 121 He'll be fine, Bottle. Very relaxed character. 1978Times 23 Apr. 12/4 You want a meal at the right price in a relaxed atmosphere.
Hence reˈlaxedly adv.; reˈlaxedness.
1818Shelley Rosal. & Helen 1170 His mien Sunk with the sound relaxedly. 1855Pusey Doctr. Real Pres. Note S 704 That ye..may neither..look about hither and thither, nor roll about, relaxedly and vulgarly. 1860― Min. Proph. 3 An extreme relaxedness, on the borders of further sin. 1952Scrutiny XVIII. iv. 275 What we have here, of course, is not relaxedness or distraction. 1957Relaxedness [see compère v.]. 1974M. Z. Lewin Enemies Within xxxiii. 147, I drove a lot faster and a lot less relaxedly. 1977Times 22 Sept. 8/1 Edward Heath..didn't have anything so relaxedly Edwardian as a confidant.
▸ Hairdressing (orig. U.S.). Designating or relating to hair that has been chemically straightened. Cf. relax v.
Chiefly in African-American, Caribbean, and British Afro-Caribbean usage.
1962Ebony Jan. 105/1 Dramatic styling for mid-length hair..is based on smoothly relaxed tresses. 1986Blactress July 50/2 When retouching previously relaxed hair, you need only use half of the product. 1989Essence Apr. 54 (advt.) That silky ‘relaxed’ look, with body and natural shine. 1996Independent on Sunday 7 Apr. (Real Lives Suppl.) 6/8, I recently opted for waist-length extensions because daily tonging of my relaxed hair was taking 45 minutes. |