soodlev.
dialect.
intransitive. To walk in a slow or leisurely manner; to stroll, saunter.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)]
creepc1175
lugc1400
to hold (also keep) foot withc1438
crawlc1460
lounge?a1513
slug1565
drawl1566
draggle1577
fodge1581
snail1582
laggerc1620
slagger1622
snail1628
flod1674
delay1690
to drag one’s slow length along1711
soss1711
loiter1728
trail1744
sidle1781
soodle1821
linger1826
ooze1847
slope1851
laggard1864
dawdle1872
tiddle1882
oozle1958
pootle1973
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or idly
raik?c1350
troll1377
spacea1425
jet1530
spacierc1550
snaffle1611
spatiate1626
saunter1671
stroll1680
trollopa1745
dangle1778
doiter1793
stroam1796
browse1803
soodle1821
potter1824
streek1827
streel1839
pasear1840
toddle1848
bummel1900
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 19 To go so soodling up and down the street.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 93 While I as unconcern'd went soodling on.
Derivatives
ˈsoodling adj. poetic rare. that flows or moves slowly.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly
slowa1398
slow-movingc1450
slow-bellied1554
lazya1568
slow-footed1587
slow-paced1594
leaden-footed1596
snaily1596
snail-paced1597
dragglinga1599
leaden-heeled1598
ambling1600
slow-foot1607
sluggisha1616
slow-pacing1616
tortoise-paced1623
slow-going1634
leaden-stepping1645
tardigradous1652
tardigrade1656
snail-crawleda1658
dawdling1773
loitering1791–2
slow-stepping1793
creepy1794
lugging1816
tortoise-footed1818
crawling1820
creepy-crawly1858
slowing1877
lead-foot1896
soodling1951
1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The baltering torrent Shrunk to a soodling thread.
ˈsoodly adj. dialect leisurely, slow.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective]
unwinged1613
tortoise-like1645
testudineousa1652
pottering1821
soodly1821
snailish1889
glacial1922
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 67 The horse-boy, with a soodly gait, Slow climbs the stile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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