surefooted
IPA: ʃˈʊrfʊtɪd
adjective
- Walking steadily, without stumbling; capable of finding good footing.
- Confident and capable.
sure-footed
IPA: ʃˈʊrfˈutɪd
adjective
- Alternative form of surefooted [Walking steadily, without stumbling; capable of finding good footing.]
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Examples of "surefooted" in Sentences
- They are also surefooted in the mountains.
- A surefooted person who succeeds without flash.
- They are usually surefooted, fast, and fearless.
- They are also surefooted over steep mountain trails.
- However, the fox trot is considered a more surefooted gait.
- As I discussed in the talk, I'm a surefooted and confident mapmaker.
- It is known to be very hardy, friendly, adaptable and surefooted pony.
- The horse will be sound, agile and quick moving with a surefooted walk.
- The horses have a willing and gentle disposition, and are very surefooted.
- It surveyed the two men as it came forward in a tentative but surefooted way.
- All are served by surefooted direction, Desmond Heeley's stunning sets and costumes and Wilde's dialogue, which dazzles.
- Perfectly surefooted, elegantly pulpy, dizzying in its pace and sweep, TSMD is still as much fun as anything I've ever read.
- Thus, running might be the smartest move, Coss concluded, if you are in a situation that allows you to run in a surefooted fashion ....
- The usually surefooted Locog looked unsure how to react to criticism that the process was biased in favour of those able to bid big money for large numbers of tickets.
- We had with us Frida, a Westfalia campervan of great age but surefooted nimbleness and with the stormy temperament of her namesake, Frida Kahlo, Mexico's first lady of art.
- Asked about any potential activity in the forthcoming transfer window – an arena in which he is rarely outhustled – Redknapp was more familiarly surefooted: I don't see us doing anything.
Examples of "sure-footed" in Sentences
- What immediately strikes me about the series is how sure-footed it is.
- Mr. Santorum is polling dead last, something you'd never suspect from his sure-footed performance on Thursday.
- A midfielder may have an 80% pass completion rate, but the passes may be short or hit sideways to sure-footed teammates.
- •The ride was composed, neither harsh nor sloppy, with sure-footed handling that imparted confidence on the many snaky lanes Ford selected as a test route.
- Finally, while many people feel front-wheel-drive is adequate for driving on snow and in other slippery conditions, Audi's all-wheel-drive system is especially sure-footed and durable.
- • A review of Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall, London, should have referred to David Freeman's sure-footed production, not David Fielding's as we had it Opera, 26 February, page 42.
- The entire village was either afloat or rested uneasily in the mud, causing trouble for even the sure-footed Conan, who had dodged arrows as he skipped along cliff ledges, and had leapt between the enchanted spires of Arenjun while carrying his weight in pilfered gold.
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