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unhurrying

unhurrying adjective: not hurrying.

Adjective

unhurrying (comparative more unhurrying, superlative most unhurrying)

  1. Not hurrying.
    • 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
    • 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 Soil

Forms of unhurrying

comparativemore unhurrying
superlativemost unhurrying

Origin of unhurrying

From un- + hurrying.

Words formed from unhurrying

Questions about unhurrying

What does unhurrying mean?
Unhurrying means not hurrying.
What part of speech is unhurrying?
Unhurrying is an adjective.

Words near unhurrying in the dictionary

  1. unhurriable
  2. unhurried
  3. unhurriedly
  4. unhurriedness
  5. unhurryable
  6. unhurrying
  7. unhurryingly
  8. unhurt
  9. unhurtable
  10. unhurted
  11. unhurtful

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