AMBULATORILY

Etymology

Adverb

ambulatorily (not comparable)

By or in terms of walking.

Source: Wiktionary


AMBULATORY

Am"bu*la*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. ambulatorius.]

1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places. The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families. Jer. Taylor.

3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.

4. (Law)

Definition: Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

Am"bu*la*to*ry, n.; pl. Ambulatories. Etym: [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] (Arch.)

Definition: A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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