different between leisurely vs tedious

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?li??li/

Etymology 1

From leisure +? -ly.

Adjective

leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)

1. Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried

   He goes about his business in a leisurely manner

   As we had a free morning, we went on a leisurely walk around the city.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.

Translations

Derived terms

• leisureliness

Etymology 2

From leisurelily, by haplology

Adverb

leisurely (comparative more leisurely, superlative most leisurely)

1. In a leisurely manner.
   • 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin 2005, p. 37:

     Sunset Crescent Drive curved leisurely north from Sunset Boulevard, well beyond the Bel-Air Country Club golf-course.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• tædious (archaic)
• teedyus

Etymology

Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taedi?sus, from Latin taedium (“weariness, tedium”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ti?.d??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ti.di.?s/, /?ti.d??s/
• Rhymes: -i?di?s

Adjective

tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)

1. Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wearisome

Derived terms

• tediously
• tediousness

Related terms

• tedium

Translations

Anagrams

• Outside, dies out, outside, side out, sudoite