surefooted
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not liable to error in judgment or action; confident and competent: Describes a person or entity that acts with decisiveness and accuracy, showing reliable skill and judgment.
- Not liable to stumble or fall; physically steady and secure: Describes a person or animal that moves with physical stability and balance, especially on difficult terrain.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Confident and Competent):
- The CEO's surefooted leadership guided the company through the crisis.
- The critic praised the novelist's surefooted narrative style.
Adjective (Physically Steady):
- The mountain goats are remarkably surefooted on the steep cliffs.
- We rode on surefooted mules along the narrow trail.
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively to describe artistic or intellectual skill: Often applied to creative or professional work to denote mastery and control.
- Her surefooted direction made the complex film easy to follow.
- Used to describe financial or strategic moves: Indicates actions taken with minimal risk and high confidence of success.
- The investor made a series of surefooted decisions in a volatile market.
Variants and Related Words
- Surefootedly (adverb): In a surefooted manner.
- The team advanced surefootedly toward their goal.
- Surefootedness (noun): The quality of being surefooted.
- The surefootedness of the hiker was impressive on the icy path.
Synonyms
- Adjective (Confident and Competent): Assured, deft, adroit, proficient, steady.
- Adjective (Physically Steady): Agile, nimble, steady, stable, secure.
Antonyms
- Adjective (Confident and Competent): Inept, clumsy, faltering, hesitant.
- Adjective (Physically Steady): Clumsy, awkward, unsteady, faltering.
Adjective
- not liable to error in judgment or action
- most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression- Walter Lippman
- demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent- Michiko Kakutani
- not liable to stumble or fall
- on surefooted donkeys