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Definition of Soft-footed
1. Adjective. Sound of quiet gentle steps.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-footed
Literary usage of Soft-footed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Teach to my heart of hearts the truth, Unknown, though known so well, That in
each feeling, act, and thought God works by miracle. And ye, soft-footed stars ..."
2. Great Debates in American Hist: From the Debates in the British Parliament by United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament, Marion Mills Miller (1913)
"He thinks that the design was to catch some "soft-footed Democrats." "soft-footed
Democrats!" Ay, that is the phrase by_ which he chooses to mark all ..."
3. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"He thinks that the design was to catch some "soft-footed Democrats." "soft-footed
Democrats!" Ay, that is the phrase by, which he chooses to mark all ..."
4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"[mollis + pea], soft-footed: boves, C. poet. mollis, e, adj. with сотр. and sup. ..."
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