Punctually vs Leisurely - What's the difference?
punctually | leisurely |
In a punctual manner; on time.
(archaic) precisely; exactly; minutely.
* 1887 Robert Louis Stevenson, Books which Influenced Me :
Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
* 1900', , Chapter I,
In a leisurely manner.
*1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 37:
*:Sunset Crescent Drive curved leisurely north from Sunset Boulevard, well beyond the Bel-Air Country Club golf-course.
As adverbs the difference between punctually and leisurely
is that punctually is in a punctual manner; on time while leisurely is in a leisurely manner.As an adjective leisurely is
characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.punctually
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- To understand that he is not punctually right, nor those from whom he differs absolutely wrong.
leisurely
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.