(Of movement) lacking ease or lightness.
1She walked on and on, growing more heavy-footed as the day advanced.
2Friend, those heavy-footed, foolish English are coming to speak with the Mugger.
3But his dance with some faded, heavy-footed woman was not to be.
4Miss Trevert will be better than a dozen heavy-handed, heavy-footed plain-clothes men.
5He trailed back heavy-footed again to the park and sat down.
6His moccasined feet noiselessly felt their way after the heavy-footed shuffler.
7He broke into a run again, heavy-footed and tired out though he was.
8He took a few heavy-footed, short-legged strides before the other dwarf gave chase.
9They passed heavy-footed, as time goes for one condemned to die.
10He froze, one foot in the air, then hardened his heart and continued, heavy-footed.
11The heavy-footed Gregg would be a poor helpmate on such an errand of stealth.
12He would have probably marched up with a squad of heavy-footed policemen-andfound nothing.
13Peter, cursing the heavy-footed beast he rode, came stumbling after.
14I inflict the deadly sting upon the heavy-footed and uninspired.
15He was too heavy-footed to articulate whatever general principle Melissa was defying with such efficiency.
16One was Jasmine, the other was a heavy-footed miner.