leisurely

comparative more leisurely · superlative most leisurely

1. Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.

   He goes about his business in a leisurely manner

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   As we had a free morning, we went on a leisurely walk around the city.

   Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.

   1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC

   The minimum of 48 m.p.h. up the 1 in 200 to Ardley summit was on the leisurely side, [...].

   1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86

   This rather leisurely journey, consuming almost six months, should be contrasted with Liu Tsung-yüan's trip into exile in 815- it took him a little more than three months to reach Liu-chou in Lingnan from Ch’ang-an.

   1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24

   Synonyms: leisured

comparative more leisurely · superlative most leisurely

1. In a leisurely manner.

   Sunset Crescent Drive curved leisurely north from Sunset Boulevard, well beyond the Bel-Air Country Club golf-course.

   1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 37

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   For some minutes he walked leisurely but uncollectedly, along the line of stalls; as if contemplating the rich display of summer fruits still remaining unsold.

   1838, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, Mary Raymond, and Other Tales, volume 2, page 124

   Oh give me a land / where the bright diamond sand / flows leisurely down to the stream where the graceful white swan / goes gliding along / like a star in a heavenly dream.

   2008, “Home on the Range”performed by Lisa Loeb