adjective
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having a heel or heels
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( in combination )
high-heeled
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wealthy
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of heeled
Example Sentences
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We also see Marie Antoinette’s heeled silk slippers, and a wardrobe book contains samples of the 101 dresses that she ordered in 1782.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
In signature Smith style, her light-wash jeans scrunch just above a pair of tan, heeled boots.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
While campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in January 2016, the senator, whom the Washington Post’s “well-informed Florida sources” peg at 5’8”, wore a pair of shiny heeled boots on a visit to New Hampshire.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2023
Mr. Mégie, the University of Rouen academic, noted that the proceedings had exposed as many scars as they had heeled.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022
The boat heeled a little now, in the afternoon wind.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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