Lexic.us

Definition of Afoot

1. Adjective. Traveling by foot. "She was afoot when I saw her this morning"

2. Adverb. On foot; walking. "Quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"

3. Adjective. Currently in progress. "Preparations for the trial are underway"

Definition of Afoot

1. adv. On foot.

Definition of Afoot

1. Adverb. On foot. ¹

2. Adverb. In motion; in action; astir; in progress. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Afoot

1. on foot [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afoot

aflicker aflicker(p) afloat afloat(p) afloqualone aflow aflower aflush aflutter afoam

afocal afoord afoorded afoording afoords afoot (current term) afoot(p) afore afore- aforecited

aforegoing aforehan' aforehand aforelisted aforementioned aforementioned(a) aforenamed aforeness aforenoted aforesaid

Literary usage of Afoot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"PEABODY, WB 0., 1847, Taylor's Views afoot in Europe, North American Review, vol. 64, pp. 483, 484, 499. Then Bayard Taylor—protégé of Natty, ..."

2. Industrial Home Work in Massachusetts by Amy Hewes, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Dept. of Research (1915)
"Block (special style),1 .05 afoot. This chain is very difficult to make. ... Rope (small graduates) .14 afoot. 4. Assembling, Putting on swivel and ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER XIX How a voice spake to Sir Launcelot^ and how he found his horse and his helm borne away, and after went afoot. THEN anon Sir Launcelot waked, ..."

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