[ US /ˈɫizɝɫi/ ]
[ UK /lˈɛʒəli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
    read the manual at your leisure
    he traveled leisurely
ADJECTIVE
  1. not hurried or forced
    at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
    an easy walk around the block
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How To Use leisurely In A Sentence

  • A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes! TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • The poor litigant will wait for the somnolescent process and leisurely pronouncement and the wealthy litigant will have his case speedily terminated. The Hindu - Front Page
  • Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely.
  • Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years. Apologia Diffidentis
  • She could not become the shrill edgy hurried harridan the war had tried to make her while his square, leisurely, beflowered, inscrutable figure passed daily up and down between those pale considerable buildings. Maid in Waiting
  • He approaches each film in a leisurely and mechanical fashion, like a round of golf. Times, Sunday Times
  • The book is ridiculously baggy and poorly paced: my paperback is practically cuboidal but in its 700 words pages big events are often compressed whilst minor ones are leisurely pondered. Revelation, Redemption and Absolution
  • It is near the seafront and a leisurely stroll west will take you to Brighton. Times, Sunday Times
  • I don't go to bed early enough and therefore struggle to get up in time to get ready at a leisurely pace.
  • In prewar days, she had occupied her time with a little leisurely sewing or gardening and reading her library books, her gentle reveries interrupted only by afternoon tea brought to her on a tray.
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