Laxly

//ˈlæks.li// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.

    "c. 1913, Walter Ripman, The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., p. 56, The letters e, i, and y in unstressed syllables represent a very laxly articulated sound, for which the sign [i] is used in this book."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a permissively lenient manner wordnet

Synonyms

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lenientlyleniently

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"c. 1913, Walter Ripman, The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., p. 56, The letters e, i, and y in unstressed syllables represent a very laxly articulated sound, for which the sign [i] is used in this book."

Etymology

From lax + -ly.

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