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Antonyms for leisureliness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lee-zher-lee, lezh-er-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈli ʒər li, ˈlɛʒ ər-

Definition of leisureliness

Origin : c.1600, from leisure (n.) + -ly (1). As an adverb, with -ly (2), from late 15c. Related: Leisureliness.

As in laziness : noun unwillingness to work, be active
As in shiftlessness : noun laziness
As in slothfulness : noun laziness
As in sluggardness : noun laziness

Example sentences :

He turned with a leisureliness that bore witness to his miraculous self-control.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

The slow stare that he gave me did not mitigate the leisureliness of his entry.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

A ray of interest illumined the leisureliness of the Hon. Geoffrey's eyes.
Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy

Note the leisureliness of the journey in its earlier stages.
Extract from : « St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh » by H. J. Lawlor

Yet what a sense of leisureliness one has in reading him, as well as a sense of companionability!
Extract from : « Our Friend John Burroughs » by Clara Barrus

The charm of antiquity, the charm of leisureliness, the charm of immobility.
Extract from : « A Gamble with Life » by Silas K. Hocking

The salvage steamer had a South of Europe leisureliness in her movements.
Extract from : « A Master of Fortune » by Cutcliffe Hyne

I could wish at times for the revival of leisureliness as a party catch-word.
Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan

He pretended a leisureliness, opening a few books and staring with apparent interest at passages in them.
Extract from : « Gargoyles » by Ben Hecht

Perhaps in the next ten years the qualities of ease, leisureliness, and reflection will assert themselves more in his poetry.
Extract from : « Wisconsin in Story and Song; » by Various

Synonyms for leisureliness

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