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leisureliness

[lee-zher-lee, lezh-er-]

adjective

acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.

showing or suggesting ample leisure; unhurried: a leisurely manner.

adverb

in a leisurely manner; without haste: to travel leisurely.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Origin:
1480–90; earlier laiserly (adv.). See leisure, -ly

Related forms

lei·sure·li·ness, lei·sure·ness, noun

un·lei·sure·ly, adjective

Synonyms
1. See slow.

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leisurely (ˈlɛʒəlɪ)

—*adj*
1.	unhurried; relaxed

—*adv*
2.	without haste; in a relaxed way

'leisureliness

—n

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"I had observed that he did not wish to answer the same question more than once, and was often silent when it was put again for the sake of certainty, as if he were moody. Not that he was incommunicative, for he frequently commenced a long-winded narrative of his own accord,—repeated at length the tradition of some old battle, or some passage in the recent history of his tribe in which he had acted a prominent part, from time to time drawing a long breath, and resuming the thread of his tale, with the true story-teller's leisureliness, perhaps after shooting a rapid,—prefacing with "W-e-e-ll, by-by," etc., as he paddled along. Especially after the day's work was over, and he had put himself in posture for the night, he would be unexpectedly sociable, exhibit even the bonhommie of a Frenchman, and we would fall asleep before he got through his periods."

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