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noun

Leisure n.

Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. "The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care."

Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. "He sighed, and had no leisure more to say."

At leisure.

(a)

Free from occupation; not busy.

(b)

In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.

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Etymology of 'At leisure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"At leisure" Quotes from Famous Books

... was but in its early and slow-moving years when this story opens. Steamers crossed and recrossed the Atlantic, but they accomplished the journey at leisure and with heavy rollings and all such discomforts as small craft can afford. Their staterooms and decks were not crowded with people to whom the voyage was a mere incident—in many cases a yearly one. ...

— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... asked permission to wait on him before Mr. Dale quitted London; and was about to withdraw, when the parson, gently detaining him, said, "No; don't leave me yet, Leonard,—I have so much to ask you, and to talk about. I shall be at leisure shortly. We are just now going to call on a relation of the squire's, whom you must recollect, I am sure,—Captain Higginbotham—Barnabas Higginbotham. He is ...

— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... Dryburgh by the Minstrel's tomb, and tracked his magic spells from the Tweed even to Staffa, feeling the full delight for the first time of mountain, sea, and loch. Their enjoyment was perhaps even greater than that of boy and girl, for it was the reaction of chastened lives and hearts 'at leisure from themselves,' nor were spirit and vigour too ...

— That Stick • Charlotte M. Yonge

... Of late Ran away and left me plaining. Abide! (I cried) Or I die with thy disdaining. Te hee, quoth she; Make no fool of me; Men, I know, have oaths at pleasure, But, their hopes attained, They bewray they feigned, And their oaths are kept at leisure. ...

— Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age • Various

... very seldom put himself in the required attitude, and then only for a short time. Bonaparte notwithstanding had the highest regard for Canova. Whenever he was announced the First Consul sent me to keep him company until he was at leisure to give him a sitting; but he would shrug up his shoulders and say, "More modeling! Good Heavens, how vexatious!" Canova expressed great displeasure at not being able to study his model as he wished to ...

— Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

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