Meanings
comparative more unhurrying · superlative most unhurrying
- Not hurrying.
The story is epic in its magnitude, in its calm, steady progress and unhurrying rhythm, in its vast and intimate humanity.
1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil1 more example
The two comfortable ladies who sit near the door at the desk, and the little show-table of the finest fruit seem to me never to have changed, and there is still the same quiet-footed, unhurrying service which impressed me when first I made the acquaintance of the restaurant.
1903, Algernon Bastard, The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
Origin
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