leisurely

leisurely
Synonyms and related words:
ambling, cautious, cautiously, circumspect, circumspectly, claudicant, comfortable, crawling, crawlingly, creeping, creeping like snail, creepingly, delayed, deliberate, deliberately, dilatorily, dilatory, easily, easy, faltering, falteringly, flagging, foot-dragging, gentle, gently, gradual, halting, haltingly, hasteless, hobbled, hobbling, idle, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, inactive, indolent, indolently, lackadaisically, laggard, languid, languidly, languorous, languorously, lax, lazy, limping, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, lumbering, moderate, moderately, pokily, poking, pokingly, poky, relaxed, relaxedly, reluctant, reluctantly, restful, retarded, sauntering, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, slowly, sluggish, sluggishly, snail-paced, snaillike, staggering, strolling, tardily, tarryingly, tentative, tentatively, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, trudging, turtlelike, under easy sail, unhasty, unhurried, unhurriedly, waddling, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation

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  • Leisurely — Lei sure*ly (l[=e] zh[ u]r*l[y^]), a. Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leisurely — Lei sure*ly, adv. In a leisurely manner. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leisurely — [adj] casual, unhurried comfortable, delayed, deliberate, dilatory, easy, free, gentle, laggard, laid back*, languid, lax, lazy, relaxed, restful, slack, slackened, slow, slow moving, unhasty; concepts 550,584,799 Ant. hectic, hurried leisurely… …   New thesaurus

  • leisurely — [lē′zhərlē, lezh′ərlē] adj. characterized by or having leisure; without haste; deliberate; slow [to make a leisurely inspection of a place] adv. in an unhurried manner …   English World dictionary

  • leisurely — index deliberate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • leisurely — (adj.) c.1600, from LEISURE (Cf. leisure) (n.) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). As an adverb, with LY (Cf. ly) (2), from late 15c. Related: Leisureliness …   Etymology dictionary

  • leisurely — deliberate, *slow, dilatory, laggard Analogous words: relaxed, slack, lax (see LOOSE): slackened, retarded, delayed (see DELAY): easy, *comfortable, restful Antonyms: hurried: abrupt Contrasted words: hasty, speedy, quick, *fast, rapid: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • leisurely — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relaxed and unhurried. ► ADVERB ▪ without hurry. DERIVATIVES leisureliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • leisurely — lei|sure|ly [ˈleʒəli US ˈli:ʒərli] adj if you do something in a leisurely way, you do it in a slow, relaxed way, without hurrying ▪ After lunch we went for a leisurely stroll. ▪ working at a leisurely pace >leisurely adv ▪ He sipped leisurely… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • leisurely — [[t]le̱ʒə(r)li, AM li͟ːʒ [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A leisurely action is done in a relaxed and unhurried way. Lunch was a leisurely affair... Tweed walked at a leisurely pace. ADV GRADED: ADV with v Leisurely is also an adverb. We walked… …   English dictionary

  • leisurely — leisureliness, leisureness, n. /lee zheuhr lee, lezh euhr /, adj. 1. acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation. 2. showing or suggesting ample leisure; unhurried: a leisurely manner. adv. 3. in a… …   Universalium

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