Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not relaxed; strained; determined.
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- adjective Not
relaxed
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- adjective nor relaxed
Etymologies
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Examples
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One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places.
Chapter 3 2010
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One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places.
Chapter 4 2010
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-- An unrelaxed avoidance of contractions, for emphasis: "I did not" rather than "I didn't."
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-- An unrelaxed avoidance of contractions, for emphasis: "I did not" rather than "I didn't."
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Companies [troops that acknowledged no authority except that of their leaders, and who hired themselves out at will], and the unpunished oppression of the nobility, he laboured to lessen, since he could not actually stop them; and, by dint of unrelaxed attention, he gradually gained some addition to his own regal authority, or effected some diminution of those by whom it was counterbalanced.
Quentin Durward 2008
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If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.
Health Is Wealth « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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I am feeling pretty unrelaxed, which I think is to be expected after last year.
readersguide Diary Entry readersguide 2007
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With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses.
Walden 2004
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In the Gallery of the Industrial Revolution, people are unrelaxed, too.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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In the Gallery of the Industrial Revolution, people are unrelaxed, too.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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