leisurely
/ˈlɛʒəli/US/ˈliʒɚli/
leisurely adjective: characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.
Adjective
leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)
Adverb
leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)
- In a leisurely manner.
- 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
- 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
leisurely meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
leisurely in Hindi
- leisurely
- रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता raftā-raftā
leisurely in Tamil
- சாவகாசமாக
leisurely in Urdu
- leisurely
- خراماں خراماں xirāmā̃ xirāmā̃, رفتہ رفتہ rafta-rafta
leisurely in Malayalam
- relaxed, unhurried, easy
- സാവധാനത്തിലുള്ള, സൗകര്യംപോലെയുള്ള, സാവകാശമായ, സ്വസ്ഥമായുള്ള, മന്ദമായ, മെല്ലെ
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- leisurely in Kannada
- ತೆಪ್ಪಗೆ, ಒಯ್ಯನೆ
Examples of leisurely in a sentence
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms of leisurely
Forms of leisurely
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more leisurely |
| superlative | most leisurely |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more leisurely |
| superlative | most leisurely |
Origin of leisurely
From leisure + -ly.
From earlier leisurelily, by haplology, equivalent to leisurely + -ly.
Words formed from leisurely
Questions about leisurely
- What does leisurely mean?
- Leisurely means characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.
- What is leisurely in Hindi?
- Leisurely in Hindi is रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता (raftā-raftā). See Leisurely meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use leisurely in a sentence?
- Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.
- What part of speech is leisurely?
- Leisurely can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce leisurely?
- Leisurely is pronounced /ˈlɛʒəli/ (UK).
Words near leisurely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leisurely (page history and authors); रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता (Hindi) (page history and authors); leisurely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خراماں خراماں (Urdu) (page history and authors); leisurely (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); leisurely (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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