Usually means: Pleasurable relaxation in doing nothing.
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  1. dolce far niente: Merriam-Webster
  2. dolce far niente: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dolce far niente: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dolce far niente: Vocabulary.com
  5. dolce far niente: Wordnik
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  8. dolce far niente: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Dolce far niente: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. dolce far niente: Rhymezone
  11. Dolce far Niente: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. dolce far niente: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. dolce far niente: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.

Similar:
la dolce vita, dolce vita, luxuriation, woolgathering, niceness, lotus land, breeze, delice, Leasure, picnic, more...

Opposite:
industriousness, productivity, busyness

Adjectives:
easy, vulnerable, lonesome, easygoing, soft, laidback, lax, relaxed, lenient, impulsive, coy
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Similar:
la dolce vita, dolce vita, luxuriation, woolgathering, niceness, lotus land, breeze, delice, Leasure, picnic, more...

Opposite:
industriousness, productivity, busyness

Adjectives:
easy, vulnerable, lonesome, easygoing, soft, laidback, lax, relaxed, lenient, impulsive, coy



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