restful
/ˈrɛs(t)fʊl
/ /ˈrɛs(t)f(ə)l/adjective
Having a quiet and soothing quality: the rooms were cool and restful...
- The world around her darkened as she fell into a deep restful and peaceful sleep.
- Instead my sleep was restful and peaceful, something it had not been for many years.
- He let himself fall asleep, the restful glade soothing him.
Synonyms
relaxed, relaxing, quiet, calm, calming, tranquil, soothing, peaceful, placid, reposeful, comfortable, leisurely, easy-going, undisturbed, free from disturbance/interruption/interference, untroubled, unhurried
Derivatives
restfully
- I turn restfully under my ample bedding, nestling my sumptuous pillows into shape as the soft twirping of Ecuadorian birdsong echoes from the garden, soothing me into a state of deeper slumber.
- The house is so restfully quiet she can hear the crickets chirping in the bushes outside, and the slight rattle of the teapot cover as her water bubbles to a boil on the stove.
- She passed into cool twilight; her eye traveled restfully over old mosaics, gold on blue, dull red on gold.
restfulness
- Auctioneers called the house: ‘An organic paradigm of peace and tranquillity in a stunning setting… there is a tangible atmosphere of restfulness yet the property is accessible to many urban areas.’
- There is something of that restfulness, for that matter, about the mood of this little museum.
- An air of restfulness and calm pervaded the place, intensified by sunshine pouring in through the windows in thick shafts.
- preacherly
- preacher man
- preachership
- preachery
- preachification
- preachify
- preachiness
- preaching cross
- preaching friar
- preaching house
- preachingly
- preaching station
- preachment
- preach to the converted
- preachy
- pre-acknowledge
- pre-acknowledged
- pre-acquaint
- pre-acquaintance
- pre-acquainted
- sun bonnet
- sunbow
- sunburn
- sunburst
- Sun City