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Roget's Thesaurus

#685. Leisure

Nouns

leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday, relaxation etc. (rest) 687; otium cum dignitate [Lat.] [Cicero], ease. no hurry; no big rush; no deadline.

Verbs

have leisure etc. n.; take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease; repose etc. 687; move slowly etc. 275; while away the time etc. (inaction) 681; be master of one's time, be an idle man.

Adjectives

leisure, leisurely; slow etc. 275; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end.

Adverbs

unhurriedly, deliberately, without undue haste; anytime.

Phrases

time hanging heavy on one's hands; eile mit Weile [G.].


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