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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried. synonym: slow.
  • adverb In an unhurried manner; slowly.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Done at leisure; not hasty; deliberate: as, a leisurely stroll; a leisurely survey.
  • At leisure; not hastily or hurriedly; deliberately.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried
  • adverb In a leisurely manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
  • adverb In a leisurely manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
  • adjective not hurried or forced

Etymologies

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From leisure +‎ -ly.

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