leisurely

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: lei=sure=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

leisurely, a. 

 Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.  [1913 Webster]

leisurely, adv. 

 In a leisurely manner.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

leisurely, adj. & adv.
--adj. having leisure; acting or done at leisure; unhurried, relaxed.
--adv. without hurry.

Derivative

leisureliness n.

THESAURUS

leisurely

ambling, cautious, cautiously, circumspect, circumspectly, claudicant, comfortable, crawling, crawlingly, creeping, creeping like snail, creepingly, delayed, deliberate, deliberately, dilatorily, dilatory, easily, easy, faltering, falteringly, flagging, foot-dragging, gentle, gently, gradual, halting, haltingly, hasteless, hobbled, hobbling, idle, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, inactive, indolent, indolently, lackadaisically, laggard, languid, languidly, languorous, languorously, lax, lazy, limping, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, lumbering, moderate, moderately, pokily, poking, pokingly, poky, relaxed, relaxedly, reluctant, reluctantly, restful, retarded, sauntering, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, slowly, sluggish, sluggishly, snail-paced, snaillike, staggering, strolling, tardily, tarryingly, tentative, tentatively, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, trudging, turtlelike, under easy sail, unhasty, unhurried, unhurriedly, waddling, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation

ROGET THESAURUS

leisurely

Leisure

N leisure, convenience, spare time, spare hours, spare moments, vacant hour, time, time to spare, time on one's hands, holiday, relaxation, otium cum dignitate, ease, no hurry, no big rush, no deadline, leisure, leisurely, slow, deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed, at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end, unhurriedly, deliberately, without undue haste, anytime, time hanging heavy on one's hands, eile mit Weile.

Lateness

N lateness, tardiness, delay, delation, cunctation, procrastination, deferring, deferral, postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution, protraction, prolongation, Fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case, leeway, high time, moratorium, holdover, late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely, delayed, postponed, dilatory, delayed, in abeyance, late, lateward, backward, late in the day, at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last, ultimately, after time, behind time, after the deadline, too late, too late for, slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure, ex post facto, sine die, nonum prematur in annum, against the sunbeams serotine and lucent, ie meglio tardi che mai, deliberando saepe perit occasio.

Slowness

N slowness, languor, drawl, creeping, lentor, retardation, slackening, delay, claudication, jog trot, dog trot, mincing steps, slow march, slow time, slow goer, slow coach, slow back, lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail, poke, dawdle, slow, slack, tardy, dilatory, gentle, easy, leisurely, deliberate, gradual, insensible, imperceptible, glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like, creeping, reptatorial, slowly, leisurely, piano, adagio, largo, larghetto, at half speed, under easy sail, at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace, in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings, haud passibus aequis, gradually, gradatim, by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little, step by step, one step at a time, inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim, consecutively, dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit, at a glacial pace, slowness, languor, drawl, creeping, lentor, retardation, slackening, delay, claudication, jog trot, dog trot, mincing steps, slow march, slow time, slow goer, slow coach, slow back, lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail, poke, dawdle, slow, slack, tardy, dilatory, gentle, easy, leisurely, deliberate, gradual, insensible, imperceptible, glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like, creeping, reptatorial, slowly, leisurely, piano, adagio, largo, larghetto, at half speed, under easy sail, at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace, in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings, haud passibus aequis, gradually, gradatim, by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little, step by step, one step at a time, inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim, consecutively, dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit, at a glacial pace.