LAXLY

laxly, leniently

(adverb) in a permissively lenient manner; “he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

laxly (comparative more laxly, superlative most laxly)

In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.

Antonyms

• strictly

• tensely

• tightly

Source: Wiktionary


Lax"ly, adv.

Definition: In a lax manner.

LAX

Lax, a. [Compar. Laxer; superl. Laxest.] Etym: [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]

1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray.

2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds. The word "æternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.

3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Syn.

– Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

Lax, n.

Definition: A looseness; diarrhea.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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