restful

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restful - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Restful \Rest"ful\ (r?st"f?l), a.
     1. Being at rest; quiet. --Shak.
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     2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.
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              Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- Rest"ful*ly, adv. -- Rest"ful*ness,
        n.
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restful - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  restful
      adj 1: affording physical or mental rest; "she spent a restful
             night at home" [syn: restful, reposeful, relaxing]
             [ant: restless, uneasy]

restful - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "restful":
     appeasing, at peace, at rest, bloodless, calm, calming, cloistered,
     comfortable, comforting, comfy, commodious, concordant, contented,
     convenient, cool, cozy, cradling, cushioned, cushiony, cushy,
     dreamy, drowsy, dwindling, easeful, easy, ebbing, even-tenored,
     festal, friendly, gentling, halcyon, holiday, homelike, homely,
     homey, hushed, hushing, hypnotic, idyllic, impassive, isolated,
     lived-in, lulling, luxurious, moldering, mollifying, orderly,
     pacific, pacifying, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime,
     piping, placid, quiescent, quiet, quietening, relaxed, relaxing,
     reposeful, reposing, resting, rocking, roomy, sabbatical, secluded,
     sedative, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered,
     sleep-inducing, smooth, snug, soft, somnolent, soothful, soothing,
     soporific, still, still as death, stilling, stillish, stilly,
     stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, tranquilizing, unagitated,
     undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring,
     untroubled, vacational, waning, warm