LEISURELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leisurely mean? 

• LEISURELY (adjective)
  The adjective LEISURELY has 1 sense:

1. not hurried or forced

  Familiarity information: LEISURELY used as an adjective is very rare.

• LEISURELY (adverb)
  The adverb LEISURELY has 1 sense:

1. in an unhurried way or at one's convenience

  Familiarity information: LEISURELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEISURELY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not hurried or forced

Synonyms:

easy; easygoing; leisurely

Context example:

at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace

Similar:

unhurried (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste)

Derivation:

leisure (time available for ease and relaxation)

leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)

• LEISURELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an unhurried way or at one's convenience

Synonyms:

at leisure; leisurely

Context example:

he traveled leisurely

Pertainym:

leisurely (not hurried or forced)

 Context examples 

We were able now to take a more leisurely view of the Indians whom we had rescued.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After walking several miles in a leisurely manner, and too busy to know anything about it, they found at last, on examining their watches, that it was time to be at home.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I glanced up. He was strolling leisurely along the poop on the port side.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So she turned round; and as she had run a good way and was tired, she walked home leisurely to cool herself.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He looked at me before he proceeded: indeed, he seemed leisurely to read my face, as if its features and lines were characters on a page.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Out of it, in leisurely fashion, got Lord Godalming and Morris; and down from the box descended a thick-set working man with his rush-woven basket of tools.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

These he cracked between his strong white teeth and chewed in a leisurely way, casting the shells into the blaze.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The netting-box, just leisurely drawn forth, was closed with joyful haste, and she was ready to attend him in a moment.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Laurie leisurely departed to recover the lost property, and Jo bundled up her braids, hoping no one would pass by till she was tidy again.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The ivory, the gold, and the pearls, all received their appointment, and the gentleman having named the last day on which his existence could be continued without the possession of the toothpick-case, drew on his gloves with leisurely care, and bestowing another glance on the Miss Dashwoods, but such a one as seemed rather to demand than express admiration, walked off with a happy air of real conceit and affected indifference.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)