leisurely

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Etymology 1

From leisure +‎ -ly.

Adjective

leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)

  1. Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.
    He goes about his business in a leisurely manner
    As we had a free morning, we went on a leisurely walk around the city.
    • 1900, Charles W Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company , →OCLC:
      Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.
    • 1960 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
      The minimum of 48 m.p.h. up the 1 in 200 to Ardley summit was on the leisurely side, [...].
    • 1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird‎, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
      This rather leisurely journey, consuming almost six months, should be contrasted with Liu Tsung-yüan's trip into exile in 815- it took him a little more than three months to reach Liu-chou in Lingnan from Ch’ang-an.
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Etymology 2

From earlier leisurelily, by haplology, equivalent to leisurely +‎ -ly.

Adverb

leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)

  1. In a leisurely manner.
    • 1838, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, Mary Raymond, and Other Tales, volume 2, page 124:
      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.
    • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 37:
      Sunset Crescent Drive curved leisurely north from Sunset Boulevard, well beyond the Bel-Air Country Club golf-course.
    • 2008, “Home on the Range”‎performed by Lisa Loeb:
      Oh give me a land / where the bright diamond sand / flows leisurely down to the stream
      where the graceful white swan / goes gliding along / like a star in a heavenly dream.
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