Leisurely adv.

[f. as prec. + -LY².] At leisure, without haste; with deliberate or leisurely motion or action.

1486.  Bk. St. Albans, B iv b. Than softe and layserly fall oppon yowre kneys.

1526.  Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 161 b. That he synge or saye his duty distinctly and leyserly.

1598.  Epulario, G j. Let it broile very wel and leisurely.

1670.  Milton, Hist. Brit., Wks. 1738, II. 2. After the Flood, and the dispersing of Nations, as they journey’d leisurely from the East.

1796.  Mrs. Glasse, Cookery, V. 53. Let it do leisurely, keep it basting.

1807.  Wordsw., Misc. Sonn., I. xiv. A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one.

1860.  Tyndall, Glac., I. xvi. 105. In the afternoon we … proceeded leisurely with our two guides up the slope.