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light-footed

[lahyt-foot-id] / ˈlaɪtˈfʊt ɪd /




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And yet the game maintains a light-footed nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023

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

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

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021

A tune involving three light-footed cops dancing choreographer Karma Camp’s vintage steps creates a buoyant, devil-may-care air; it’s the most winning of Michael Dansicker’s largely genial original songs.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2018

He was so light-footed the little rowboat hardly moved.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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