lax
adjective
not strict or severe; careless or negligent: a lax attitude toward discipline.
laxly
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a word derived from
lax.
Example Sentences
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Regulating new sources of pollution strictly and existing sources laxly or not at is known as “grandfathering.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2021
Assisted living homes are out of reach for the country’s poorest and often don’t offer the services needed by the sickest, and are largely outside of federal oversight and more laxly regulated by states.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
Parents had complained that was too generous and had been laxly enforced, the administration said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
Those incidents added drama to MLB’s decision to ramp up enforcement of foreign substances, which have long been banned but laxly policed until recently.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
He glided a hand laxly into her loose hair, twisting those soft yellow strands around his thin fingers which felt fragile and likely to snap, as if made of hollow, unhinged porcelain.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
