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leisureness

leisureness noun: the quality of being leisurely.

Noun

leisureness (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The quality of being leisurely.
    • But pale Malts will be fit for Use at a Week's End, because the Leisureness of their Drying endows them with a Softness from the Time they are taken off the Kiln to the Time they are brewed […]1759, The London and Country Brewer, 7th edition
    • How else explain the seeming slowness with which we were falling — the seeming leisureness with which the wall drifted up past us?2018, Abraham Merritt, The Collected SF & Fantasy Works

Synonyms of leisureness

Origin of leisureness

From leisure + -ness.

Questions about leisureness

What does leisureness mean?
Leisureness means the quality of being leisurely.
What part of speech is leisureness?
Leisureness is a noun.

Words near leisureness in the dictionary

  1. leisurelessness
  2. leisurelier
  3. leisurelily
  4. leisureliness
  5. leisurely
  6. leisureness
  7. leisureplex
  8. leisureplexes
  9. leisures
  10. leisuresome
  11. leisurewear

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