Synonyms for leisureliness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lee-zher-lee, lezh-er- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈli ʒər li, ˈlɛʒ ər- |
Top 10 synonyms for leisureliness Other synonyms for the word leisureliness
- do-nothingness
- dullness
- faineance
- faineancy
- heaviness
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertness
- lackadaisicalness
- languidness
- languorousness
- laxness
- leadenness
- leisureliness
- listlessness
- neglectfulness
- otioseness
- otiosity
- passivity
- remissness
- shiftlessness
- slackness
- sleepiness
- slothfulness
- slowness
- sluggardness
- sluggishness
- stolidity
- supineness
- tardiness
- torpescence
- torpidness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for leisureliness
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