TW Dictionary logoTW Dictionaryby Toppers' Wisdom

leisurely

/ˈleʒəli/adjective

उच्चारण लेज़ली

इत्मीनान से, फ़ुर्सत से, धीमा

Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times

Asked in previous papers

as synonym

SSC CHSL Pre 2024SSC CHSL Pre 2023
adjective
  1. 1

    done without hurrying

    इत्मीनान से, फ़ुर्सत से, धीमा

    • a leisurely walk in the park
    • Radhika took a leisurely walk along the river after the examination ended.
    • We had a leisurely breakfast on the balcony on Sunday.
    + 2 more examples
    • The train moved at a leisurely pace through the green fields.
    • A leisurely stroll after dinner helps digestion.

    Synonyms unhurried relaxed slow easy gentle

    Opposite hurried rushed hasty brisk

adverb
  1. 1

    without hurrying

    आराम से, धीरे-धीरे

    • They walked leisurely along the beach.
    • The tourists strolled leisurely through the old bazaar, stopping at every shop.
    • The old men chatted leisurely over their tea.
    + 2 more examples
    • She read the paper leisurely, with no meeting to rush to.
    • He cycled leisurely along the canal path.

    Synonyms slowly unhurriedly at your leisure

    Opposite hastily quickly

◇Word family
leisure noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

unhurried relaxed slow easy gentle slowly unhurriedly at your leisure

Antonyms

hurried rushed hasty brisk hastily quickly

AaSpelling

lei·sure·ly

With -ei- (an exception to 'i before e', like seize and weird; not 'liesurely').

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: lei-sure-ly, -ei- के साथ ('i before e' का अपवाद, seize और weird की तरह; 'liesurely' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the slow words together: leisurely, unhurried, sluggish (slow and lazy), dawdling (wasting time).

धीमेपन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: leisurely, unhurried, sluggish (धीमा और आलसी), dawdling (समय बरबाद करना)।

§Grammar and usage

Leisurely is both an adjective and an adverb.

Leisurely adjective और adverb दोनों है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

At your leisure (when you have free time).

Idiom 'at your leisure' (फ़ुर्सत में)।