reposeful

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adjective

Providing repose, restful.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivereposeful (comparative more reposeful, superlative most reposeful)

comparative more reposeful · superlative most reposeful

  1. Providing repose, restful.

    The reposeful, easy, affluent life to which her mother's marriage had introduced her was, in truth, the beginning of a great change in Elizabeth.

    1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIV, in The Mayor of Casterbridge
  2. Having an appearance of repose, peaceful.

    […] he showed in face that humane look of reposeful good nature which the Greek sculptor in some instances gave to his heroic strong man, Hercules.

    1924, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
    1 more example

    What a strange yet pleasant day that was. So brilliant and gay without, for all the world seemed abroad to welcome the first snow. So quiet and reposeful within, for everyone slept, spent with watching, and a Sabbath stillness reigned through the house […]

    1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Part I, Chapter 20

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveaffording physical or mental rest

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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