Definition of Lax
Lax
lax
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
not sufficiently stringent, careful, strict, or severe;
e.g. I will not be lax in carrying out my obligations here.
(adjective)
not rigid or firm, for example in terms of being slackened (as opposed to tense), loose-textured, or spread apart;
e.g. The horse was tethered to a post with a lax rope. The top layer of the lax soil was washed away by the flood.
(adjective)
loose or relaxed, used to describe muscles, especially used to describe phonetic/speech sounds that are uttered with relaxed vocal muscles;
e.g. If you perform this exercise with lax muscles, you will injure yourself.
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