どのように使って どう違いますか？

I do not know how difference this meanings and how can i use in what
situations ?
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meaning words
のんびり vs ゆっくり vs くつろぐ
Let's look at how these words are different.

### Parts of speech

  * のんびり -- adverb
  * ゆっくり -- adverb
  * くつろぐ -- verb

### Meanings, and derivations for extra perspective

  * のんびり  
The basic meaning is "relaxedly, unstressedly, in an easygoing manner".  
First cited to 1907, making this a relatively recent term.  
Derived from のびのび, in turn derived from verb のびる "to stretch out".  
Think of a cat **stretching out** and **relaxing**.

  * ゆっくり  
The basic meaning is "slowly, unhurriedly".  
First cited to 1563.  
Structurally, would appear to be derived from ゆくゆく, but the meanings are
almost opposite. That doesn't necessarily indicate unrelatedness: consider
English _terrible_ and _terrific_ , ultimately from the same root, one with a
very negative meaning and the other a very positive meaning. But the
difference between ゆっくり and ゆくゆく is still puzzling.  
One way to remember it might be to think of the word like 行【ゆ】く "to go", but
**slower** , since you have that small-っ in the middle of ゆっくり.

  * くつろぐ  
The basic meaning is "to kick back, to relax".  
First cited to the late 900s as a transitive verb, then cited in the _Genji
Monogatari_ a few decades later with the intransitive sense.  
The original meaning was "to physically loosen something", extending then to
"to loosen one's mood or mind", and then shifting to the intransitive sense of
"to relax".  
The way I memorized this one was thinking about くつ as "shoes" from the way you
often take off your shoes after getting home, and then **putting your feet
up**.

### Usage

The verb くつろぐ is, well, a verb, so you can use it that way.

For the two adverbs, のんびり and ゆっくり, there is a lot of overlap. Broadly
speaking, のんびり has more emphasis on "fun" or "easygoing", while ゆっくり has more
emphasis on "slowly". You can say both のんびり歩【ある】く ("to walk in an easygoing
manner") and ゆっくり歩【ある】く ("to walk unhurriedly"), and the meaning differs
mostly in subtleties of mood. However, while you can say ゆっくり言【い】う ("to say
something slowly"), it sounds a bit weird to me to say のんびり言【い】う ("to say
something relaxedly"?). Perhaps if you're talking about someone who is really
supremely laid back. :) Just make sure to use ゆっくり if you're asking someone to
slow down when they're talking to you.

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Please comment if the above does not address your question.
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