surefootedness
noun[U]
uk/ˈʃɔːˌfʊt.ɪd.nəs/us/ˌʃʊrˈfʊt̬.ɪd.nəs/surefootednessnoun[U](NOT FALLING)
theabilitytowalkeasilyonroughgroundwithoutfalling:
步履稳健,擅走山路Heprowledaround withfelinesurefootedness.他四处游走,如履平地,像猫科动物一样。
- Markascendedfirst,runningup thestepswith the surefootedness of agoat.
- Thisshatteredtheanimals'reputationfor surefootedness, which had beentrumpeted, twoyearsbefore.
Moving firmly on foot
- clomp
- clump
- flounce
- goose step
- lope
- march
- mark
- pace
- parade
- prance
- quick march!idiom
- sashay
- stamp
- stomp
- stride
- strut
- stump
- swaggeringly
- unmounted
- waltz
surefootednessnoun[U](CONFIDENCE)
confidenceand anabilityto make goodjudgmentsin adifficultsituation:
Sherespondedwithtypicalsurefootedness.
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surefooted
- Everything in thefilmwas done withabsoluteconvictionand surefootedness.
- Andonceheloseshis surefootedness, themediawillturnon him likesharks.
- Foreignfirms, too, arefeelingtheirway, withsurprisingsurefootedness.
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertively
- assertiveness
- dignity
- dogmatic
- dogmatically
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- putyourshirt onsomethingidiom
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- safe
- surely
- swag
- swash
- tall
- to be sureidiom