surefooted
[shoo r-foo t-id, shur-]
- not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- proceeding surely; unerring: his surefooted pursuit of success.
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Origin of surefooted
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Examples from the Web for surefooted
Contemporary Examples
Yet the problems, for Idol fans, are alarming, occurring as they do in places where the show had been so surefooted in the past.
Historical Examples
He was the slowest of them all, but he was surefooted and steady and very wise.
Out of the DepthsRobert Ames Bennet
But to any surefooted traveller that would not constitute a real danger.
In the Forbidden LandArnold Henry Savage Landor
She was a daughter of the hills, as surefooted as a mountain goat.
Brand BlottersWilliam MacLeod Raine
Shirley was surefooted and agile; she could spring like a deer when she chose.
ShirleyCharlotte Bront
Although the night was dark, the roadbed was firm and Midnight surefooted.
The Fourth WatchH. A. Cody