Sentence:  It does amuse to remember the fadeout road of Chaplin's silent days, the empty dusty vista down which, at the end of every adventure, the little bum recedingly <WSD>sashayed</WSD>, knapsack aboard. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To walk casually, showily or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.