ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 547. There is a virtue in keeping one’s self … unhurried in dangers or alluring pursuits.
1859. Ruskin, Two Paths, i. 47. The noble person … deals with them in unalarmed intelligence and unhurried strength.
1876. Mrs. Whitney, Sights & Ins., II. xxvi. 540. It was built into ourselves, by our unhurried possession of it in restful hours.
1881. A. A. Knox, New Playground (1883), i. 9. There is plenty of time for a cup of tea at night, eight hours of bed,—toilette-comforts, and an unhurried breakfast.
So Unhurriedly adv.
1880. P. Gillmore, On Duty, 349. I … then, unhurriedly, rode through the station.
