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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

Maharaj was known for his animated facial expressions and light-footed movements, accompanied by the sound of bells he wore around his ankles.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

She reckons that what she calls "light-footed mice" can still lick a trap clean and get away alive.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021

Some of the evening’s finest dancing was in the first act’s pas de trois, with the light-footed and serenely musical Joseph Gorak, Catherine Hurlin and Katherine Williams.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2019

Alexander’s stiff-backed schoolboy posture gradually altered into a light-footed loping stride.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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