Synonyms for light-footed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lahyt-foo t-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪtˈfʊt ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for light-footed Other synonyms for the word light-footed
- active
- atmospheric
- crumbly
- dainty
- double time
- downy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- expeditive
- express
- featherweight
- feathery
- filmy
- fleet
- fleet of foot
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- flying
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- hasty
- hurried
- imponderous
- in nothing flat
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- light as a feather
- light-footed
- lightweight
- like a house on fire
- lithe
- little
- lively
- loose
- meager
- mercurial
- nimble
- on the double
- petty
- porous
- portable
- precipitate
- prompt
- quick as a wink
- quickened
- ready
- really rolling
- sandy
- screaming
- sheer
- slender
- slight
- small
- speedy
- spongy
- sprightly
- spry
- swift
- sylphlike
- thin
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
- weightless
- winged
Définition of light-footed
- As in light : adj not heavy
- As in rapid : adj very quick
- As in weightless : adj light
- "I used to be light-footed, in my youth," said Philemen to the traveller.
- Extract from : « The Miraculous Pitcher » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Kilmeny strode after the Cornishmen with the light-footed step of a night nurse.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- Peter raced down in the evening with the light-footed little goats.
- Extract from : « Heidi » by Johanna Spyri
- The light-footed Caribs were swiftly gliding to their tasks at the waterside.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- Hal took his leave, returning, light-footed, to bachelor quarters.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants » by H. Irving Hancock
- Yet light-footed armies have passed into Italy by this route.
- Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
- She was off, light-footed as Daphne, the rhythm of morning in her step.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- On we dashed, over all impediments—our light-footed infantry not far behind.
- Extract from : « In New Granada » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Gone was the light-hearted and light-footed dancer of the Paris pavement.
- Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
- Light-footed as a girl she ran forward to greet her father, Colonel Hancock.
- Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
Antonyms for light-footed
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