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UNHURRIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unhurried mean?
• UNHURRIED (adjective)
The adjective UNHURRIED has 2 senses:
1. relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
2. capable of accepting delay with equanimity
Familiarity information: UNHURRIED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
Context example:
spoke in a calm and unhurried voice
Similar:
careful; deliberate; measured (unhurried and with care and dignity)
easy; easygoing; leisurely (not hurried or forced)
Antonym:
hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)
Derivation:
unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of accepting delay with equanimity
Context example:
was unhurried with the small children
Similar:
patient (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance)
Derivation:
unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
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