Unhurrying

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not hurrying.

    "The two comfortable ladies who sit near the door at the desk, and the little show-table of the finest fruit seem to me never to have changed, and there is still the same quiet-footed, unhurrying service which impressed me when first I made the acquaintance of the restaurant."

Example

More examples

"The two comfortable ladies who sit near the door at the desk, and the little show-table of the finest fruit seem to me never to have changed, and there is still the same quiet-footed, unhurrying service which impressed me when first I made the acquaintance of the restaurant."

Etymology

From un- + hurrying.

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