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  • adverb In a surefooted manner

Etymologies

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surefooted +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Haunted House landed surefootedly, his jockey steady and balanced by God-given instinct.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • He moved backward to the very edge of the cliff, darting agilely from rock to rock, moving surefootedly across treacherous stretches of loosely packed dirt away from them.

    Baby Games Chelsea White 2010

  • The shaft of sunlight faded; still bright but no longer illuminated like the gods 'own Avatar, Gwena surefootedly made her way around the pool to where her Chosen was soaking.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • Haunted House landed surefootedly, his jockey steady and balanced by God-given instinct.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

  • The edge of another wave spilled across the forecastle, and below on the damp deck, two sailors re-coiled lines, ignoring the thin sheet of water, while another surefootedly clambered up the mainmast.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • The edge of another wave spilled across the forecastle, and below on the damp deck, two sailors re-coiled lines, ignoring the thin sheet of water, while another surefootedly clambered up the mainmast.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • The shaft of sunlight faded; still bright but no longer illuminated like the gods 'own Avatar, Gwena surefootedly made her way around the pool to where her Chosen was soaking.

    Winds Of Fury Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • She smiled back unabashedly as he bounced off the spring seat and landed surefootedly in the street.

    SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992

  • The researcher walked surefootedly toward the doorway, leaving behind a trail of damp footprints that had already begun to fade as she slipped from the laboratory.

    Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992

  • Then he picked his way through the foliage, walking as surefootedly on the broad, swaying branch as if he were on the ground, pulling another branch closer with the hook end of his tool and hopping from his goldenoak to the limb of a massive candle-pine just as the branch began to bow beneath his weight.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

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