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UNHURRIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
Example:
spoke in a calm and unhurried voice
Classified under:
Similar:
careful; deliberate; measured (unhurried and with care and dignity)
easy; easygoing; leisurely (not hurried or forced)
Antonym:
hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)
Derivation:
unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of accepting delay with equanimity
Example:
was unhurried with the small children
Classified under:
Similar:
patient (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance)
Derivation:
unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
