All 5 Uses of
saunter
in
Wuthering Heights
- It's surely no great cause of alarm that Heathcliff should take a moonlight saunter on the moors, or even lie too sulky to speak to us in the hay-loft.†
Chpt 9saunter = walk leisurely
- 'In our walk along the moor: you told me to ramble where I pleased, while you sauntered on with Mr. Heathcliff?'†
Chpt 10 *sauntered = walked leisurely
- Mr. Linton was not far behind; he opened the gate himself and sauntered slowly up, probably enjoying the lovely afternoon that breathed as soft as summer.†
Chpt 15
- 'No,' she repeated, and continued sauntering on, pausing at intervals to muse over a bit of moss, or a tuft of blanched grass, or a fungus spreading its bright orange among the heaps of brown foliage; and, ever and anon, her hand was lifted to her averted face.†
Chpt 22sauntering = walking leisurely
- Having uttered these words he left the house, slowly sauntered down the garden path, and disappeared through the gate.†
Chpt 34sauntered = walked leisurely
Definition:
to walk leisurely