heavy-footed
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of heavy-footed
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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There’s the usual heavy-footed deployment of the “comedy! comedy!” score to cue us to laugh or have feelings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
It’s apparently by design that England appears ponderous and heavy-footed and deathly afraid that the opposition might stumble into a chance to counter against them.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2021
She came out flat and uptight, heavy-footed, knotted up and short-stroking compared with the magnificent corner-to-corner running of Halep, who has 10 fewer years in her legs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
Dele Alli was given heavy-handed - or more precisely heavy-footed - treatment from Lithuania as they tried to light the short fuse that has brought Tottenham's 20-year-old some unsavoury headlines in his short career.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2017
The heavy-footed ones looked them over and returned them to the boss who put them in an envelope and put the envelope in his desk.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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