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SOFT-FOOTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soft-footed mean?
• SOFT-FOOTED (adjective)
The adjective SOFT-FOOTED has 1 sense:
1. sound of quiet gentle steps
Familiarity information: SOFT-FOOTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sound of quiet gentle steps
Similar:
soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)
Context examples
He was taciturn, soft-footed, very quiet in his manner, deferential, observant, always at hand when wanted, and never near when not wanted; but his great claim to consideration was his respectability.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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