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Relaxing
Answer for the clue "Relaxing ", 7 letters:
restful
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Word definitions for restful in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He woke after a long, restful sleep, feeling refreshed. ▪ Her suite of rooms was cool and restful . ▪ I'm looking forward to a quiet, restful summer vacation. ▪ Our three-day stop at lake Navasha was restful and picturesque. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "characterized by rest;" late 14c., "quiet, peaceful;" from rest (n.1) + -ful . Related: Restfully ; restfulness .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Restful \Rest"ful\ (r?st"f?l), a. Being at rest; quiet. --Shak. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc. Tired with all these, for restful death I cry. --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Rest"ful*ly , adv. -- Rest"ful*ness , n.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 peaceful; having a peaceful aspect 2 restorative; aiding rest
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen" [syn: relaxing , reposeful ]
Usage examples of restful.
Lucy seems more restful than she has been for some time, and fell asleep at once.
Theophanu reclined at her ease on a fabulously padded couch, playing chess with one of her ladies while her companions looked on in restful silence.
It was so easy, at least, to leave the oxy turned up at night, and get a pleasant restful sleep.
The night was so still and restful, chill without the biting cold that would come with winter, that its tranquil presence spread a glamour over them, washing away the tensions that had threatened to erupt moments before.
Tasha was not a patient or restful person, and waiting would have been difficult for her.
The curving turns were still too fast and uncompensated to be restful, and Sulu carefully levered himself to his feet.
Her bootheels made no sound on the restful, absorbent tile, which irritated her further.
It was fortunate for Rupert that he was inclined to do so, and restful for Carole, since talking kept the mermaids from trying out any of their siren songs on him.
She noticed, in a distant way, that Gisela, like Herm, was an oddly restful person for her.
He passed a restful month or two in Krasnoyarsk, enjoying the famous private library of a local merchant before being directed to settle in Shushenskoye.
Drops, drops for angles, topspin lobs, extreme angles, drops for extreme angles, then restful microtennis, tennis inside the service lines, very soft and precise, radical angles much encouraged.
Cold and dark -- a restful place, now and then, after a season of the overdelicate climate and trying splendors of heaven.
A greenish glow, pleasant, restful, fell on the book-piled desk, the panel of communications screens, shelves of souvenirs and slates that covered the inward walls of the room.
I have always heard that in these tours they are careful to provide restful intervals for such people who are not particularly strong.
They went round the side of the church and up a narrow rutted lane winding away into the quiet country around the village, talking of nothing in particular, and Alethea felt how restful Sarre was to be with.