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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Informal. Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted. Offensive : feeble-minded, half-witted, retarded, weak-minded. See ABILITY. 2. Informal. Affording pleasurable ease: comfortable, cozy, easeful, easy, snug. Informal : comfy. See GOOD. 3. Free from severity or violence, as in movement: balmy1, delicate, faint, gentle, mild, smooth. See CALM, STRONG. 4. Of a kindly, considerate character: gentle, mild, softhearted, tender1, tenderhearted. See KIND. 5. Of small intensity: gentle, light2, moderate, slight. See STRONG. 6. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soppy. Informal : gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang : drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See FEELINGS. 7. Characterized by reduced economic activity: down, dull, off, slack, slow, sluggish. See INCREASE. 8. Not irritating, strident, or loud: hushed, low, low-key, low-keyed, quiet, small, subdued, whispery. See SOUNDS. 9. Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm: mushy, pappy1, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, spongy, squashy, squishy, yielding. See RESIST. 10. Not strict or severe: charitable, clement, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, merciful, tolerant. See ACCEPT.
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