saunter
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈsɔːntər/
- Even the women in skirts didn't walk like ladies anymore, with the delicate slow saunter enforced by tight corsetry.
- a slow saunter
- saunter around the room
Examples
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Her dress, her saunter, the expression of engaged hauteur on her high, handsome face gave it away.
Fiction book (2001) -
His mule closed the distance in a slow saunter that barely disturbed the road dust.
Fiction book (2000) -
Toby gets up and saunters to the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
In less than five minutes, there's a rustling in the brambles and a bear saunters out, its black coat shining in the sunlight.
Academic text (2011) -
Trying to conceal his excitement, Ali Baba picks up two baskets of gold and saunters past the dragons to the door.
Fiction book (2000) -
Jack looks up as Peter Lassiter, 60s, founder and chairman of P.K. Lassiter and Associates, saunters into the room.
Fiction book (2000) -
After dinner, they enjoyed a leisurely saunter through the park, admiring the blooming flowers.
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The dog's slow saunter along the beach suggested he was in no hurry to get home.
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Every Sunday, she takes a peaceful saunter by the lake to clear her mind.
Synonyms
758
1.0
An act of moving on foot for exercise, pleasure, or travel
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1.2
A slow easy walk taken for pleasure
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4.6
A walk in the countryside for pleasure with no fixed route
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5.0
A slow walk for pleasure in a public place
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4.5
A slow relaxed walk, often in a park or garden
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9.9
A slow, relaxed walk in a public place like a park
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Etymology
Saunter may come from a popular story that links it to French sainte terre meaning 'holy land', because pilgrims were said to stroll slowly while talking about their trip. So a saunter is a slow, relaxed walk.