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light-footed

[lahyt-foot-id] / ˈlaɪtˈfʊt ɪd /




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Watching a 300- or 400-pound bear execute a light-footed cousin to a tour jeté snaps your head around.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Zagar keeps the cinematographer Zak Mulligan’s camera hand-held and light-footed.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

So it’s fitting in a way that her latest, “Avalon,” is a kind of modern fairy tale, a light-footed Cinderella story that documents a young woman’s rise from a wretched existence in stylish, witty fashion.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The elaphrosaur, whose name means "light-footed lizard", was related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor.

From BBC • May 18, 2020

She walks, light-footed, to the edge of the seated crowd and looks expectantly at Uriah.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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