laid-back

laid-back
adjective
unhurried and relaxed
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a mellow conversation

• Syn: ↑mellow
• Similar to: ↑relaxed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mellowness (for: ↑mellow)

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adj
relaxed, at ease, casual, leisurely, easy-going, unhurried, untroubled, unworried, calm, cool, free and easy
COLLOQ. unflappable
≠ tense; colloq. uptight

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[adjective]
relaxed, casual, easy-going, free and easy, unflappable (informal), unhurried

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▶ adjective (informal) RELAXED, easy-going, equable, free and easy, casual, nonchalant, insouciant, unexcitable, imperturbable, unruffled, blasé, cool, calm, cool, calm, and collected, unperturbed, unflustered, unworried, unconcerned; leisurely, unhurried; stoical, phlegmatic, tolerant; informal unflappable.
uptight.

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\\¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ \ adjective (-es)
: having a relaxed style or character

laid-back music

a laid-back attitude

• laid-backness \\¦ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ \ noun

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/layd"bak"/, adj. Slang.
1. relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
2. free from stress; easygoing; carefree: a laid-back way of living. Also laidback.
[1905-10, for an earlier sense; 1970-75 for current sense]

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laidˈ-backˈ or laid back adjective (informal)
1. Relaxed
2. Easy-going
3. Unhurried
• • •
Main Entry: ↑laid

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laid-back UK US adjective informal
calm and relaxed

She’s always so laid-back about everything.

Thesaurus: calm and relaxedsynonym

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laid-back or laid|back «LAYD BAK», adjective.
Slang. relaxed; listless; sluggish: »

Yates' tenacity in a fight might come as a surprise to those whose judgment is based on his apparent laid-back manner (Chicago Sun Times). What's Muscle Shoals like? It's in the country; it's very laid-back (Rolling Stone).

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adj. informal relaxed and easygoing

a shaggy dog with an engaging, laid-back temperament

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/ˈleıdˈbæk/ adj [more \laid-back; most \laid-back]
informal : relaxed and calm

My boss is pretty laid-back about most things.

a laid-back attitude

He enjoyed the restaurant's laid-back style.

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ˌlaid-ˈback [laid-back] adjective (informal)
calm and relaxed; seeming not to worry about anything
Syn: ↑easy-going

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a laid-back attitude to life

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She's very laid-back about her exams.

 
Example Bank:

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He loved the laid-back Caribbean lifestyle.

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Steve was very laid-back about it all.


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