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He had only just left the Countess Bonina, with whom he had danced the first half of the waltz, and, scanning his kingdom--that is to say, a few couples who had started dancing--he caught sight of Kitty, entering, and flew up to her with that peculiar, easy amble which is confined to directors of balls.

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  1. intransitive verb To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.
  2. intransitive verb To move along at an easy gait by using both legs on one side alternately with both on the other. Used of a horse.
  3. noun An unhurried or leisurely walk.
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  • Gaiman's plots amble, and while they eventually get to where they need to go, one has the sense that a lot of it's made up along the way. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • All at once we saw a big animal running away from us at a kind of amble. —  Memoirs
  • They have no trotting, nor galloping, nor any other pace whatever in them, out of the half-amble half-walk at which they commonly proceed. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
  • We may ne'er see them more CHAPTER FIVE A DESERTED VILLAGE Riding at a gentle amble, so that his daughter on her small palfrey may easily keep up with him, Halberger in due time arrives at the Indian village; to his surprise seeing it is no more a village, or only a deserted one! —  Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco
  • Though they lacked the uniformity of a Yankee squad, their dark shirts, "impressed" breeches, and good boots gave an impression of a common dress, and Kirby had even acquired a hat They slung their captured rifles before entering town and progressed at a quiet amble which suggested good will. —  Ride Proud, Rebel!
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amble:   ambled ·  ambling
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler, from Latin ambulāre, to walk.

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  1. from Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler, go at an easy pace, from Latin ambulare, walk: see ambulate.
  2. from Middle English amble, from Old French amble; from the verb.
 

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