Definition of unhurried
:not hurried :leisurely
- an unhurried pace
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we cycled at an unhurried pace and saved our strength for the hills up ahead
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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – Dustin Johnson’s unhurried swagger is completely back and his maximum firepower has been fully restored.
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That’s also reflected in the film’s gentle, unhurried pacing and high attention to detail, both of which lend it authenticity.
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First-timers will surely enjoy the pretty squares and the unhurried people who fill them.
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NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio - Coffee and talk at city hall in North Ridgeville is an unhurried, very relaxed conversation with the city's mayor.
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Gone too was the visible sense of mastery that always hangs around Trout, regardless of momentary success or failure: the comma of a swing, the strangely unhurried speed.
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Even with class-competitive horsepower, the Atlas’s acceleration is unhurried, managing a last-place finish among its rivals in this zero-to-60-mph matchup.
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Light and unhurried, the movie is spun from a classic dilemma: duty or pleasure?
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But the train with a name harking back to a time when America seemed bigger, or at least an age when traveling was a bit more unhurried, faces an uncertain fate.
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First Known Use of unhurried
circa 1774
unhurried Synonyms
Synonyms
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, slowAntonyms
barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zippingRelated Words
deliberate, measured; inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging; lingering, loitering, tarrying; ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed; strolling; decelerating, slowing; filibustering, procrastinating, stallingNear Antonyms
expeditious, prompt, ready; accelerated, hastened, quickened; hurried, rushedUNHURRIED Defined for English Language Learners
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