heavy-footed
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- heavy-footedness noun
Etymology
Origin of heavy-footed
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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“One True Loves” is a lot like the 1940 Cary Grant/Irene Dunne/Randolph Scott screwball classic “My Favorite Wife” — except that it’s heavy-footed and drippy instead of lively and funny.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
But based on their frozen grins, they apparently enjoyed jogging from room to room with the heavy-footed gait of a football nose tackle to do nothing in particular.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2021
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
Then his slow, heavy-footed movement across the room.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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