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Saunter   /sˈɔntər/   Listen
Saunter

verb
(past & past part. sauntered; pres. part. sauntering)
1.
Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.  Synonym: stroll.
noun
1.
A careless leisurely gait.
2.
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).  Synonyms: amble, perambulation, promenade, stroll.



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"Saunter" Quotes from Famous Books



... circumstances which have yet to be made known. But on no side was there any sign of suppressed chagrin on the first meeting at the table d'hote, an hour after Grandcourt's arrival; and when the quartette of gentlemen afterward met on the terrace, without Lady Mallinger, they moved off together to saunter through the rooms, Sir Hugo saying as they ...
— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

... standing around until the last man has entered the drawing-room; the perfunctory talk—the men who have met before hobnobbing instantly with each other, the host bearing the brunt of the strangers; the saunter into the dining-room, the reading of cards, and the "Here you are, Mr. Portman, right alongside Mr. Hodges. And Crossbin, you are down there somewhere"; the spreading of napkins and squaring of everybody's elbow as each man ...
— Peter - A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero • F. Hopkinson Smith

... 'good bye' to Mr. Elton, quitted the room. It was an immense feeling of relief when, creeping upstairs to his little chamber, he was able to divest himself of his pumps and dress-coat, and march forth, in solid boots and jacket, for a saunter along the Fleet pavement, reflecting, in the cool of the summer evening, on all that he had heard and seen, in the shape of lions, poets, philosophers, wits, booksellers, unfortunate Anns of the Street, and ...
— The Life of John Clare • Frederick Martin

... regular confusion, "Shade above shade, a woody theatre," and has in front this noble river, on which the ships continually passing present to the delighted eye the most charming moving picture imaginable; I never saw a place so formed to inspire that pleasing lassitude, that divine inclination to saunter, which may not improperly be called, the luxurious indolence of the country. I intend to build a temple here to ...
— The History of Emily Montague • Frances Brooke

... gone into that same room for a minute, and was coming out again to join Mrs. Hare, both saw Barbara's touch upon her husband's arm, marked her agitation, and heard her words. She went to one of the hall windows and watched them saunter toward the more private part of the ground; she saw her husband send back Isabel. Never, since her marriage, had Lady Isabel's jealousy been excited as it was ...
— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood


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