Funambulatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Funambulatory is an adjective meaning Performing in the manner of a tightrope walker.
Meaning
Performing in the manner of a tightrope walker.
More Meanings
- Narrow, like a tightrope.
- Pertaining to tightrope walking
Example Sentences
Tread softly and circumspectly in this funambulatory track and narrow path of goodness […]
Men walking the streets suddenly staggered as if drunk, and extended their arms involuntarily, as rope-dancers do. One of them said that after this funambulatory experience he was downright seasick and hadn’t felt well since.
1728, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1, p. 107, under FUNAMBULUS, In the Floralia, or Ludi Florales, held under Galba, there were funambulatory Elephants, as we are inform’d by Suetonius.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circumambulatory, ambulative, affabrous, stridelegged, magicianlike, steady-handed.
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