light-footed

Adjective

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Adjective (1)

  1. (of movement) having a light and springy step“a light-footed girl”Opposite heavy-footedSimilar light, lightsome
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Light′-foot′ (līt′fo͝ot′), Light′-foot′ed adjective

Having a light, springy step; moving lightly and nimbly; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Opposite of heavy-footed. Alfred Tennyson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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