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taking one's time

ADVERB
leisurely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
languidly lazily sluggishly
WEAK
at one's convenience at one's leisure calmly comfortably composedly deliberately dilatorily easily gradually inactively indolently laggardly langorously lethargically lingeringly listlessly slowly tardily torpidly with delay without haste
Antonyms
WEAK
hectically hurriedly

Example Sentences

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Although Amazon drops entire seasons of its series in one pass, this is a show worth taking one’s time with.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

Sure enough, staying calm and taking one’s time made the work go that much faster, for without all the scolding and rushing there were fewer mistakes made and everyone kept in good spirits.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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