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• I had a long, leisurely soak in the bathtub.From the entry bathtub
• Dreaming of success, wealth and luxury, Deetee obambulated around the set in a leisurely manner.2018, Hulta Gertrude, Operation Selector. From the entry obambulate
• Freefeeding (when food is available any time) and leisurely meals encourage picky eating.1995, Julie Cairns, The Golden Retriever: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet. From the entry freefeed
• You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques.1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage, page 90. From the entry shop
• There is little margin for anyone to take a leisurely defusion course.1975, Peter Wilsher, Rosemary Righter, The Exploding Cities, Quadrangle, New York Times Book Co., →ISBN, page 13. From the entry defusion
• And the journey back is just as sunshineful, just as leisurely, just as blue, warm and exciting.1965, Courier, page 21. From the entry sunshineful
• In the vicinity of the Island of Quelparte the whalers occupied themselves leisurely with the fishing.1936, Herbert H. Gowen, chapter IV, in Five Foreigners in Japan, Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, Inc., published 1967…. From the entry Quelparte
• Leisurely the long hours ticked into nothingness, yet there was no sound from him.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry agonizingly
• He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back.2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry brand
• Eager as we were to reach Ellsworth, the boss men made us keep those longhorns moving at a leisurely pace.2016, Johnny D. Boggs, Summer of the Star: A Western Story, Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry laggardly
• Sherman's army cut a swath of destruction fifty miles wide as it marched leisurely through Georgia without any meaningful Confederate resistance.2006, Christopher J. Olsen, “Confederate Families at War in 1864–1865”, in The American Civil War: A Hands-on History, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Sherman necktie
• People who've zorbed in New Zealand, say Swiss mountains are too steep to allow the leisurely roll-out that's the real thrill.2003, Damien Simonis et al., Switzerland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry zorb
• The transporters, they were resting, sprawled out, in the back of their wagons, like leisurely gentlemen or like the hills.1984, Péter Esterházy, “The Transporters”, in Ferenc Takács, transl., The Hungarian P.E.N., pages 41–42. From the entry furcoat
• The blues were eating leisurely, swimming about and opening their great mouths, spouting and filling their enormous stomachs with intense satisfaction.1934, Alan Villiers, Whalers of the Midnight Sun: […], New York, N.Y.; London: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 154. From the entry a
• Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5. From the entry market garden
• My Andersmance was taken at a more leisurely pace, so I really got into the depth and grief over his character and his romance.2021 December 1, cappyfish, Reddit. From the entry -mance
• Putin’s succession and (likely) restoration is a leisurely dance of the seven veils in which one veil is dropped only for another to be donned.2009 January 11, Simon Sebag Montefiore, “In Russia, Power Has No Heirs”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Sep 2015. From the entry dance of the seven veils
• I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 19. From the entry streamlet
• "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry band
• Observers very familiar with one or both forms may notice that Hawaiian Petrel appears a little smaller and has a "zippier" flight than larger and more leisurely Galapagos Petrel.2012, Steve N. G. Howell, “Hawaiian Petrel”, in Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide, Princeton…. From the entry zippy
• Prior to the onset of technological innovations and new pro-competitive regulatory policies, Bellheads enjoyed the ability to manage change and to plan for the future at a leisurely pace.2010, Rob Frieden, Winning the Silicon Sweepstakes. From the entry Bellhead
• With a bowl of beef stew, apple pie a la mode, and two cups of coffee under his belt, Gus Wilson walked leisurely back to the Model Garage.1959 November, Martin Bunn, “Gus Pulls a Switch”, in Popular Science. From the entry a la mode
• Lattimore, who had come across Inner Mongolia by caravan, and a leisurely exploration of an isolated region where life is still medieval, furnishes a subject which Mrs.1934 September 2, R.L. Duffus, “A Woman's Trek to Turkestan; Eleanor Lattimore, the First Woman to Travel Overland From Peking to India…. From the entry Chuguchak
• On the Sabbath Day he lies abed till nine, indulges in the luxury of a hot bath, degustates a leisurely breakfast, and takes his wife and family to church.1913, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 52, page 17. From the entry degustate

Meaning of leisurely

1. adjective Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.
2. adverb In a leisurely manner.

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Questions about leisurely in a sentence

How do you use leisurely in a sentence?

Leisurely is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “As we had a free morning, we went on a leisurely walk around the city.”

What is a short sentence with leisurely?

“He goes about his business in a leisurely manner”

What does leisurely mean?

Leisurely means characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.