adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a leisurely dinner (= not hurried )
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I enjoy having a leisurely dinner with some friends at the weekend.
a long/leisurely breakfast (= not hurried )
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On Sunday mornings I like to have a leisurely breakfast.
a relaxing/leisurely drink (= that you drink in a slow relaxed way )
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The hotel terrace is an ideal place to enjoy a relaxing drink.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Lennon followed at a more leisurely pace, his weapon concealed once more.
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Today its atmosphere is more convivial, its aspirations more leisurely .
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And a more leisurely dinner before we get to Winnipeg, instead of having to crowd it in early.
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The place, the pace more leisurely .
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We have also used a more leisurely 3-month period for trainees at the beginning of their professional careers.
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He examined each room in a more leisurely fashion.
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Inevitably they settled in time into a more leisurely role.
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In 1891 Portadown was a much more leisurely place than the town of 1991.
■ NOUN
lunch
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Fortunately, most racegoers followed their own hunches while studying form over a leisurely lunch in the corporate suites.
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The leisurely lunch is over and you can now stretch out and do just as you please.
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Alternatively, how about a leisurely lunch next to the lake while watching the fishermen mending their nets.
pace
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Lennon followed at a more leisurely pace , his weapon concealed once more.
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The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.
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They moved upon a level trajectory and travelled at what appeared to be an even and leisurely pace .
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Maybe it has something to do with the leisurely pace of the sport.
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Again, beautifully rounded characters which established themselves at a leisurely pace are the secret of its appeal.
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The President lived at a somewhat more leisurely pace , as was the intended result of the frenetic activity of his aides.
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Since you are not connecting up at this stage, the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace .
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What Lone Star gave us was a rich, complex story, told at a leisurely pace through brilliantly written dialogue.
way
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A prolonged breather, during which he took a bar of chocolate out of his pocket and unwrapped it in a leisurely way .
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The overnight sleeper to Edinburgh, popular with honeymoon couples, was a sedate and leisurely way to travel.
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Time is money Modern solicitors' offices are no longer run in a leisurely way .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a leisurely pace
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After church we usually take a leisurely drive through the country.
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She enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and had time to read the newspaper.
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Sunday mornings she gets up late and then has a leisurely breakfast with her family.
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The horse walked at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside.
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The two set off walking down the beach at a leisurely pace.
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We spent a leisurely afternoon talking about old times.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basketball offered an intimacy and an aesthetic on television lacking in the brutal National Football League or the technical and leisurely baseball.
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Cattle and sheep move at a leisurely pace over the earthworks that mark where men once lived and worked.
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It developed in a slower-paced society when change proceeded at a leisurely gait.
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One day this son of a landowner was about to take his boat out for a leisurely day of fishing.
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Reggie was an endearing, kindly man who had led a leisurely , unadventurous life as a country gentleman.
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The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.
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The moose resumed his leisurely walk toward me, and his grunts.