leisurably
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
leisurable + -ly
Adverb[edit]
leisurably (comparative more leisurably, superlative most leisurably)
- (archaic) At leisure; in a leisurely way.
- 1734, Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal Society of London, Chapter 6:
- But here Men must follow the Shore; wind about leisurably; and insinuate their useful Alterations by soft and unperceivable Degrees.
- 1891, Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Noughts and Crosses, The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands:
- He appeared not to notice me, but pricked leisurably down the slope, and I soon saw that, as our paths ran and at the pace we were going, we should meet at the foot of the descent: which we presently did.
- 1909, A. T. Quiller-Couch, True Tilda, Chapter 5:
- Canal End Basin lay hard upon three-quarters of a mile up stream, and about half that distance beyond the bend of the Great Brewery—a malodorous pool packed with narrow barges or monkey-boats—a few loading leisurably, the rest moored in tiers awaiting their cargoes.
References[edit]
- “leisurably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.