meandering

meandering

1. present participle and gerund of meander

meandering (comparative more meandering, superlative most meandering)

1. Winding or rambling.
   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:

     After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958.

   • 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (12:44 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks‎^[1], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Andy Billups (Paul Scheer):

     “Billups, how much farther to the compound?” “At our meandering speed, 15 minutes?”

meandering (plural meanderings)

1. An instance or period of roaming.

• reamending