fleetfooted en · ADJ
Etymology
From fleet + footed.
Meanings
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Swift on one's feet.
But the volume is also an introspective self-portrait, set down in the same fluent, fleet-footed prose that made his 1995 book “Dreams From My Father” such a haunting family memoir.”
2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:It would take a few more beers, but when the liquid courage kicked in, his wobbly legs were unable to keep pace with the fleetfooted waitress, who rolled her eyes, smiling, and finally twirled away.
2007 August 12, Andrew Gensler, “Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fleetfooted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| fleet-footed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fleet footed | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more fleetfooted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (15)
la properipēs (swift on one's feet) · sv snabbfotad (swift on one's feet) · he קל רגליים (swift on one's feet) · grc ταχύπους (swift on one's feet) · bg бързоног (swift on one's feet) · de schnellfüßig (swift on one's feet) · ro iute de picior (swift on one's feet) · it lesto di gambe (swift on one's feet) · mi māngi (swift on one's feet) · es rápido (swift on one's feet) · es alígero (swift on one's feet) · es veloz (swift on one's feet) · pl wiatronogi (swift on one's feet) · grc ποδώκης (swift on one's feet) · sv flyfotad (swift on one's feet)