Meanings
comparative more unhurried · superlative most unhurried
- Not hurried; not rushed.
She proceeded at a moderate, unhurried pace.
1 more example
Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42Synonyms: easy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot hurried; not rushed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
adjectivecapable of accepting delay with equanimity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishhurried
- Englishunhurried
Translations
Māori pūhoi
- pūhoinot hurried; not rushed
Russian неторопли́вый
- неторопли́вый (netoroplívyj)not hurried; not rushed
Cite this entry
unhurried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhurried
“unhurried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhurried. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhurried,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhurried.
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