restfuladj.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 199 Þe oþer is y-hote resteuol [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues contemplatif, þat is gostliche]..hi is reste of workes wyþoute.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Wisd. xviii. 14 Whanne alle thingis helden restful [L. quietum] silence.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. i. 68 I had ben brought to another more restfull place.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 1001 in Poems (1899) 88 (MED) Eke kepe your Roialme in tranquillite, Restful peas, comfort, & feelicite.

1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 63 The good restefull and politike governaunce of the same Town.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 176/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II To liue thensefoorth in some dutifull and restfull order.

1616 W. Forde Serm. 38 It is in vaine to expect the restfull comfort of forgivenesse heereafter.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 597 Awhile..Suspend the restful hour with sweet discourse.

1838 W. Ball in K. Fry & R. E. Cresswell Mem. Life Elizabeth Fry (1848) II. xx. 308 After writing and such restful avocations were done, Elizabeth Fry enjoyed a ramble into the mountain air of Loughrigg Fell.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 428 When the services of the holy restful day are over.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. iii. 31 It has a restful sound, the talk of rooks.

1932 L. Hughes Let. 16 May in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten Remember me to Harlem (2001) 95 At last a restful haven in the home of Noel Sullivan where nobody can bother you until they've passed three butlers, two secretaries, and my personal assistant!

1976 ‘H. Carmichael’ False Evid. ii. 25 The cottage was set in restful countryside, a quarter of a mile from the village inn.

2006 Esquire Feb. 43/3 A classic white bouquet—white lillies, white roses, eustoma, pussy willow—provides a peaceful feel that's restful to the eye.

?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 837 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 209 Now restfullere in thy goost be withynne, Þat ouer ferd art.

c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 152 (MED) Sche felith her flessh..quiete and restfulle with such communicacioun.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 152 His holy seruyce oughte to be sayde wyth clene and restefulle hartes.

c1555 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Moral Philos. (new ed.) iii. ix. sig. Gvij^v That man seemeth good, that is meke and gentle of condicion, softe in woordes, and restful in his persone.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. i. 124 The restfull Allmaynes with his crueltie He rashly styrd against vs.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. i. 1 A shrill noyse, disturbed with vnquiet fancies his restfull minde.

1690 J. Scott Serm. Funeral Lady Newland 6 To animate the most dull and restful Soul, and make it all Life, and Spirit, and Wing, in the pursuit of Heaven and Immortality.

1761 T. Arnold Bailey's Compl. Eng. Dict. (German ed.) II. 424/1 Ein stilles Gemüth, a calm, sedate, composed, tranquillized, quiet, peaceable, rest-ful or undisturbed Mind.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vii. ii. 336 'Tis not discipline, Wins them a will so restful and so blest.

1859 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 1 Somewhat tired with the duty of yesterday, but feeling very restful and thankful.

1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop xxiii. 278 She craved but to lie on her bed with closed eyes and restful body and let the fact that he did love her after all soak into the poor fagged brain that had suffered so.

1991 A. Chaudhuri Strange & Sublime Addr. (1992) xiv. 126 You are too easily excited, too enthusiastic about trivial things. You must try to be more restful, more calm.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. D2^v Their Mouer moues not, but doth rest In restful-restlesse perfect Action.