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Initially used for sleep, otherwise promoting rest
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reposeful
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Word definitions for reposeful in dictionaries
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 , restful ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reposeful \Re*pose"ful\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"f[.u]l), a. Full of repose; quiet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1852, "full of repose," from repose (n.) + -ful . Earlier it meant "responsible" (1620s), from repose (v.2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Providing repose, restful.
Usage examples of reposeful.
Golden hangings, falling in rich, loose folds, draped it gorgeously from stem to stern,--gold cordage looped the sails,--on the deck a band of young gals clad in white, and crowned with flowers, knelt, playing softly on quaintly shaped instruments,--and a cluster of tiny, semi-nude boys, fair as young cupids, were grouped in pretty reposeful attitudes along the edge of the gilded prow holding garlands of red and yellow blossoms which trailed down to the surface of the water beneath.