leisurely English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
* 1900', , Chapter I,
- Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.
Derived terms
* leisureliness
Adverb
(en adverb)
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.
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slack English
Noun
(uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
- (Raymond)
(countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
(uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- The slack of a rope or of a sail.
(countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
Synonyms
* culm
* (tidal marsh) slough
Derived terms
* (coal dust) nutty slack
Adjective
( er)
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
- a slack rope
Weak; not holding fast.
- a slack hand
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- slack in duty or service
* Bible, 2 Peter iii. 9
- The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
- Business is slack .
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=3 citation
, passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
(slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music
Synonyms
* slow, moderate, easy
Derived terms
* slack-jawed
Adverb
( -)
Slackly.
- slack dried hops
Verb
( en verb)
To slacken.
* Robert South
- In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace.
(obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.7:
- Ne did she let dull sleepe once to relent, / Nor wearinesse to slack her hast, but fled / Ever alike [...].
to procrastinate; to be lazy
to refuse to exert effort
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- Lime slacks .
Derived terms
* skive off
Anagrams
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