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leisurely

adj
/ˈlɛʒɜli/UK/ˈliʒɚli/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from licēre
  2. derived from loisir
  3. derived from leisir
  4. inherited from leyser
  5. formed as leisurely — “leisure + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by leisure

    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.
    • Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.

  2. 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.
    • Sunset Crescent Drive curved leisurely north from Sunset Boulevard, well beyond the Bel-Air Country Club golf-course.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at leisurely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at leisurely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at leisurely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA