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UK
/ʃˈɔːfʊtɪd/
]
ADJECTIVE
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not liable to error in judgment or action
most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression
demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent -
not liable to stumble or fall
on surefooted donkeys
How To Use surefooted In A Sentence
- The Connemara ponies settled in and seemed surefooted in sharp, jumbled rocks, deep mud and steep angled inclines and declines.
- The internal qualities once said to embody manhood - surefootedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose - are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness.
- As I've noted before, the Primera is extremely surefooted and I've now discovered that it holds the road well in ice and snow.
- Here her analysis is most surefooted as she discusses late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century fiction, Benedict's professional bailiwick.
- The surefooted are rewarded with views of sea stacks and coves teeming with more than 160 bird species.
- The ride and handling is on par with the class leaders, and it is very surefooted in tight road twists - even while carrying a heavy load.
- Kenneth Slowik's direction is surefooted and idiomatic, and the recording is a treat: well natural and detailed, so you don't miss a note, and the essays in the booklet are fascinating.
- Dynamics have not been neglected, however, and handling and roadholding are safe and surefooted, thanks in no small part to the stiffer body construction.
- 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. Mazatlan: Tequila, tans and working stiffs
- Surefooted, they leap easily from rock to rock and climb seemingly sheer cliffs.