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unhurried

unhurried

5 3.5
Not rushed and calm in movement or speech
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhɜːrɪd/
translation icon : desprisa
  • Instead of rushing through tasks, thinking about what comes next, I stay with the present task in an unhurried way.

On the trail I encounter for the first time a coyote, exactly the color of July in these hills, unhurried, it turns to me, full of bones.

Examples

  • Work was generally unhurried, and the distinction between work and play was blurred.

    Academic text (1991)

  • His voice was unhurried, full like the bucket on the back porch holding last night's rain.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • At this moment in time, allow for an unhurried thought process and begin to let your body relax.

    Anna 2 (2019)

  • But this had been like the old days, long and unhurried and giving and wonderful.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Their voices were unhurried and self-confident... and our lives seemed secure and good.

    A Thousand Acres (1997)

  • David Moore is a friendly, unhurried former North Carolina state archaeologist.

    Academic text (2009)

  • From our window, we watch Gillian, unhurried, unperturbed, ascend the steps to the bus.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The unhurried pace complements the richly detailed text and draws the listener into nineteenth-century England.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The 1936 four-door Lincoln Zephyr sedan moved down the winding road at a decent, if unhurried, pace.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • At this moment, allow for an unhurried thought process and begin to let your body relax.

Synonyms

calm
vsunhurried
735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

is more about how slowly actions occur rather than inner quiet or stillness
relaxed
vsunhurried
241 1.0

Calm and not worried

focuses on moving at a slow steady tempo rather than only inner ease
leisurely
vsunhurried
30 3.4

In a relaxed way without hurrying

is more the steady calm state behind slow actions rather than mere style
unrushed
vsunhurried
1 3.5

Calm and not hurried in movement or action

is a calm overall state emphasising slow steady tempo rather than pressure
unharried
vsunhurried
6.1

Calm and not rushed

is mainly about keeping a slow paced tempo rather than avoiding pressure
unbusy
vsunhurried
5.0

Calm and relaxed with little to do

is about maintaining a slow steady tempo, not about number of tasks

Antonyms

hurried
3.4

Done quickly without careful thought

rushed
1.8

Made quickly without enough care because there is little time

How Hurried

hurried
3.4
steady
304 2.0
unhurried
5 3.5
leisurely
30 3.4

Surface Forms

unhurried positive
unhurrieder comparative
unhurriedest superlative

Morphology

unhurried = hurried (transparent) = un + hurry + ed

A straightforward negation prefix 'un-' is applied to the adjective 'hurried', yielding 'not hurried' in the expected way.

Etymology

Unhurried is made of the prefix un- meaning 'not' and hurried, which comes from hurry meaning 'to move fast' or 'be in a rush'. So unhurried literally means 'not rushing' and describes someone or something calm and relaxed.