ambled

verbwalk casually

Synonyms for ambled

verb walk casually

Antonyms for ambled

go direct
run
stay

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from Old French ambler "walk as a horse does," from Latin ambulare "to walk, to go about, take a walk," perhaps a compound of ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and -ulare, from PIE root *el- "to go" (cf. Greek ale "wandering," alaomai "wander about;" Latvian aluot "go around or astray"). Until 1590s used only of horses or persons on horseback. Related: Ambled; ambling. As a noun, from late 14c.

Example Sentences for ambled

The old woodchuck saw him coming and ambled out to meet him.

She wheeled her horse, and, side by side, they ambled up the dusty road.

With a chuckle he ambled off to his wife, to be sent to some one else, and Drake bent to Nell.

He ambled up to Ross, who was busily shovelling in the earth.

And Pete dropped the mower and ambled up to the office-door.

So equipped he had ambled uninterestedly over to the Park across the way.

Pete ambled over the threshold and curled down by the stove.

He couldn't have ambled more than three blocks and have remained on the street.

Mason Winslow ambled to the big table for a cigarette, and Carl pursued him.

As Jimmy ambled away to look for some beetles, he chuckled and chuckled and chuckled.