Leisurely

Examples

• The two gentlemen undressed leisurely on the bank, Maurice making fun of the Greek as he revelled in his favorite element. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• For these reasons Mr Boffin passed but anxious hours until evening came, and with it Mr Wegg, stumping leisurely to the Roman Empire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• While a leisurely atmosphere pervades the town, few idlers are seen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Leisurely tipped back on one chair, with his heels in another, he was enjoying his after-dinner cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Gerald rose at length, and went over in a leisurely still movement, to the Professor. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We were moving along the northern edge of a clearing, very leisurely, toward the river above the landing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The conversation on Yeobright had been started by a distant view of the young man rambling leisurely across the heath before them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They walked leisurely arm-in-arm down one side of the street, and returned on the opposite side. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Bucket looks at him as if his face were a vista of some miles in length and he were leisurely contemplating the same. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They had taken scarce a dozen steps when I too dropped to the ground and followed them leisurely toward the shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The march was but a leisurely search for food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Sherman, having accomplished the object for which he was sent, marched back leisurely to his old camp on the Tennessee River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He took one; and drawing a spectacle-case from his pocket, leisurely pulled out a pair of spectacles, which he adjusted on his nose. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He walked after her, and cuffed her once or twice, leisurely, with sudden little blows of his magic white paws. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Other lines of coaches, arranged to carry double the number of passengers outside than in, fourteen to six, were made heavier, and took the road more leisurely. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• 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. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was beginning to think that his scheme had failed, when he beheld the form of Eustacia herself coming leisurely towards him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It seems to me, sir, observed Mr Carriston leisurely, that you are tired of all things. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• While he said these words in a leisurely, critical style, she continued to look at every one of us in regular succession as we sat. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Maurice leisurely filled his pipe. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I have known one socialist who lived leisurely on his country estate and claimed to have looked at every page of Marx. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Supplied with these facts, Lily leaned awhile over the side, giving herself up to a leisurely enjoyment of the spectacle before her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I'll see,' said Wicks, dismounting leisurely from his stool. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• 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. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He therefore commenced proceedings by putting his arm over the half-door of the bar, coolly unbolting it, and leisurely walking in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the early days we witness the strange spectacle of the game being indulged in by the wealthy and leisurely class on the one hand, and the idle and vicious on the other. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I like to taste leisurely of bliss. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Edited by Adrian