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单词 light-footed
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Definition of light-footed in English:

light-footed

adjective
  • Fast, nimble, or stealthy on one's feet.

    a light-footed leap
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He feathers the stage with his tap-dancing, which is of the light-footed fusillade school.
    • When I wrote that song I didn't want to make light-footed songs anymore.
    Synonyms
    nimble, light on one's feet, agile, deft, graceful, lithe, spry, sprightly, light of foot, limber, lissom, acrobatic
    swift, fast, quick, quick-moving
    informal twinkle-toed, nippy
    literary fleet of foot, fleet-footed

Derivatives

  • light-footedly

  • adverb
    • I particularly liked the ease with which the V6 petrol automatic light-footedly stepped its way through city traffic.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We had danced, light-footedly gliding over the floor, my hands white against his black tunic.
      • With a good pair of snowshoes and some snow, you can walk and hike light-footedly in places you wouldn't imagine during the summer months among the mud, rocks, and underbrush.
      • He is striding light-footedly and in high spirits towards a victorious golden and peaceful white future.
      • Neatly and light-footedly, it bridges the gap between the millennium projects we have got to date, and those many of us have dreamed of.

Rhymes

barefooted, club-footed, splay-footed, sure-footed, wrong-footed
 
 

Definition of light-footed in US English:

light-footed

adjectiveˈlaɪt ˈˌfʊdədˈlīt ˈˌfo͝odəd
  • Fast, nimble, or stealthy on one's feet.

    a light-footed leap
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When I wrote that song I didn't want to make light-footed songs anymore.
    • He feathers the stage with his tap-dancing, which is of the light-footed fusillade school.
    Synonyms
    nimble, light on one's feet, agile, deft, graceful, lithe, spry, sprightly, light of foot, limber, lissom, acrobatic
 
 
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