soft-footed

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who walks quietly or stealthily, often used in literary contexts.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif décrivant une personne qui marche silencieusement ou à pas feutrés, souvent employé dans un registre littéraire.

1. Quiet and gentle steps B2 formal

   Moving with soft, quiet, and gentle footsteps, making little or no noise.

   • The cat was soft-footed as it crept across the wooden floor.
   • She moved through the house soft-footed, trying not to wake the baby.
   • The dancer's soft-footed approach made the performance seem almost magical.

   🇫🇷Aux pas feutrés

   Synonymes: light-footednoiselesspaddedsilentstealthy

   Antonymes: clumpingheavy-footedloudnoisy

• more soft-footed comparative form
• most soft-footed superlative form