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Word Meanings - LEISURELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Characterized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.

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  • LEISURED
    Having leisure. "The leisured classes." Gladstone.
  • TAKING
    1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
  • TAKE
    Taken. Chaucer.
  • TAKE-OFF
    An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
  • HURRICANO
    A waterspout; a hurricane. Drayton. "You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout." Shak.
  • ABUNDANTLY
    In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.
  • ABUNDANT
    Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number , a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • MANNERISM
    Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
  • HURRIES
    A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.
  • LEISURE
    1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple. 2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence,
  • HURRIED
    1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life. 2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. "A hurried meeting." Milton. -- Hur"ried*ly, adv. -- Hur"ried*ness, n.
  • TAKE-IN
    Imposition; fraud.
  • CHARACTERIZE
    1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the
  • LEISURELY
    Characterized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
  • HURRIER
    One who hurries or urges.
  • TAKE-UP
    That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
  • CHARACTERIZATION
    The act or process of characterizing.
  • MANNERLINESS
    The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
  • HURRICANE
    A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. Like the smoke in a hurricane
  • UNMISTAKABLE
    Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
  • LEAVE-TAKING
    Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
  • MISTAKING
    An error; a mistake. Shak.
  • UNMANNERLY
    Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
  • MISTAKINGLY
    Erroneously.
  • OUTTAKE
    Except. R. of Brunne.
  • STAKTOMETER
    A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. Sir D. Brewster.
  • MISCHARACTERIZE
    To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.
  • SIDE-TAKING
    A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.
  • MISTAKEN
    1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
  • UNDERTAKING
    1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt. 2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 3. Specifically, the business of an
  • RETAKE
    1. To take or receive again. 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
  • MISTAKER
    One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
  • SUPERABUNDANT
    Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv.
  • MISTAKE
    1. To take or choose wrongly. Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak. 3. To substitute in thought

 

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