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heavy-footed

[ hev-ee-foo t-id ]

/ ˈhɛv iˈfʊt ɪd /

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adjective

clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.

Origin of heavy-footed

First recorded in 1615–25

OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-footed

heav·y-foot·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby heavy-footed

heavy petting, heavy spar, heavy water, heavy-bearded, heavy-duty, heavy-footed, heavy-handed, heavy-hearted, heavy-ion treatment, heavy-laden, heavy-water reactor

Example sentences from the Web for heavy-footed

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’ |Tim Teeman |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He thought of the heavy-footed routine of the thousands who occupied these pretentious buildings.

The Bright Messenger |Algernon Blackwood
George Meredith has likened the functionings of Germanic humour to the heavy-footed antics of a dancing bear.

Mark Twain |Archibald Henderson
She was heavy-footed, but entirely light-hearted when she came safely in at the gate of the Bassett place.

Strangers and Wayfarers |Sarah Orne Jewett

They lagged often into a heavy-footed walk and their ears drooped dispiritedly.

The Heritage of the Sioux |B.M. Bower
Certainly it could not be Mrs. Cupp, for she was heavy-footed.

Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall |Annie Roe Carr

British Dictionary definitions for heavy-footed

heavy-footed

adjective

having a heavy or clumsy tread