leisurely

Speech parts

1. leisurely - Adjective

2. leisurely - Adverb

4. leisurely - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.

In a leisurely manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

easy easygoing largo slack adagio pokey lento easily measured heavily slow gradually slowly moderate steady
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Antonyms

high-speed swift presto volant alar now
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Phrases with the word

at a leisurely pace eat at a leisurely pace be leisurely leisurely pace leisurely promenade eat leisurely

Examples

All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other- Only the mountain and I. Li Bai

Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into form. Michel de Montaigne

I conceived the whole life of the cosmos not as an immensely protracted and leisurely passage from a remote and shadowy source to a glorious and a still more remote eternity, but as a brief, a headlong and forlorn, race against galloping time. Olaf Stapledon

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps. Willie Mays

To a hasty question a leisurely answer. Portuguese Proverb

Always take an emergency leisurely. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

leisurelessness leisurelily leisureliness leisurely gait leisurely pace leisurely promenade