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sauntered

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Walked at a leisurely, relaxed, and unhurried pace; indicates ease, nonchalance, or quiet observation in narrative verse.

Detailed Definition
To saunter is to stroll without hurry, often with an easy or leisurely air. Dickinson’s use in "sauntered with us here" gives the dead a gentle, almost companionable movement in memory.
Example
Example in poetry:
“That sauntered with us here” — Thomas Hardy, “A Place on the Map”; “I wandered lonely as a cloud” — Wordsworth, contrasting wandering with a leisurely saunter; They sauntered along the quay, unhurried beneath gulls; The speaker saunters through memory rather than rushing toward grief
Additional Notes
The verb "sauntered" in "That sauntered with us here" is less common in everyday reading than simpler words like walked or strolled.; Found in the poem, The saddest noise, the sweetest noise by Emily Dickinson
Also Known As
strolled wandered meandered ambled
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