■ adjective
1》 not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.
2》 (of the limbs or muscles) re~ed.
3》 Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles re~ed. The opposite of tense 1 .
Derivatives
~ity noun
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from L. ~us .