leisured leisured
Definition(s):
- (adj) free from duties or responsibilities
Usage(s):
- Shanghai's suburbs expanded into the countryside, with pink-tiled apartment blocks promising a leisured lifestyle to the city's middle class.
- But leisured, secure aristocracies that have no need to exert themselves usually become bored, hedonistic and demoralized, even though they have power.
- The story is just as leisured and simple.
Quotes
- Metaphorically, it is England and Europe before World War I. As Shaw wrote in his extensive preface, "Heartbreak House" "is cultured, leisured Europe before the war" - and blissfully, blithely ignorant of its coming or its consequences, the...on Jul 21, 2004 By: George Bernard Shaw Source: iBerkshires.com
- "The McGuinty government has focused on pot and pitbulls with a leisured demeanour that would make a stage magician jealous," Kormos said, referring to recent legislation banning pit bulls and cracking down on grow-ops. "It has failed to...on Apr 10, 2006 By: Peter Kormos Source: CTV.ca
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