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