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Definition of "perambulatory" [perambulatory]

  • Of or relating to perambulation; walking or moving about.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "perambulatory" in a sentence
  • "Each clause begins with a present participle (called a perambulatory phrase) and ends with a comma."
  • "The region's most prominent dissident, Egyptian sociologist Saad Edin Ibrahim, suddenly finds himself in a kind of perambulatory exile, hopping from conference to conference--in nine countries in the last three months."
  • "The forerunner to this perambulatory quest is Alfred Kazin's classic memoir "A Walker in the City" 1951, which guides readers through and beyond the Brooklyn streets of the author's childhood."