footed

[ foot-id ]

adjective

1. having a foot or feet foot (often used in combination):

   a four-footed animal.

-footed

adjective

1. having a foot or feet as specified

   four-footed

2. having a tread as specified

   heavy-footed

Word History and Origins

Origin of footed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; foot, -ed ³

Example Sentences

The Audi e-Tron felt much more sure-footed while making the same drive.

From Popular-Science

The Capitals, in the first of eight matchups against their division rivals, came out sluggish, and their defense was caught flat-footed on multiple occasions.

From Washington Post

If the flat-footed regulators at the SEC and CFTC want to “identify” those responsible for this week’s market failures, all they have to do is look in the mirror.

From Washington Post

He was surrounded by slower-footed defenders — Soto in left, Adam Eaton in right — yet the Nationals’ outfield ranked in the top half in most advanced fielding stats.

From Washington Post

Fenyx, whose gender can be swapped at any moment, is a fleet-footed character-action hero, complete with launcher combos ala Dante from “Devil May Cry.”

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

There, so taken, caught in the act, flat-footed, we are obliged to make our stand.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, it left the candidate scrambling and her campaign flat footed.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.

From The Daily Beast

On Sunday the publisher was caught flat-footed and scrambling to respond to the leak.

From The Daily Beast

It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

From Project Gutenberg

Orellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.

From Project Gutenberg

Away ran the light-footed girl, ever ready to render a service to the old man, and to shield Gilbert from blame.

From Project Gutenberg

But almost at once a soft-footed servant appeared, saying that a man wanted to see Mr. Cordyce "about the dog."

From Project Gutenberg

When he is almost there the three happy children go down to the barn to watch their four-footed friends come home.

From Project Gutenberg