单词 | leisurely |
释义 | leisurely From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleisurelylei‧sure‧ly /ˈleʒəli $ ˈliːʒərli/ adjectiveRELAXEDif you do something in a leisurely way, you do it in a slow relaxed way, without hurrying After lunch we went for a leisurely stroll. working at a leisurely pace► see thesaurus at slow —leisurely adverb He sipped leisurely at his drink.Examples from the Corpusleisurely• We spent a leisurely afternoon talking about old times.• Basketball offered an intimacy and an aesthetic on television lacking in the brutal National Football League or the technical and leisurely baseball.• She enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and had time to read the newspaper.• Sunday mornings she gets up late and then has a leisurely breakfast with her family.• One day this son of a landowner was about to take his boat out for a leisurely day of fishing.• After church we usually take a leisurely drive through the country.• It developed in a slower-paced society when change proceeded at a leisurely gait.• Cattle and sheep move at a leisurely pace over the earthworks that mark where men once lived and worked.• The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.• The horse walked at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside.• a leisurely pace• The two set off walking down the beach at a leisurely pace.• Reggie was an endearing, kindly man who had led a leisurely, unadventurous life as a country gentleman.• The moose resumed his leisurely walk toward me, and his grunts. |
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