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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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