flat-footedly

Variant of flat-footed

flat-footed definition

flat·-footed (-fo̵ot′id)

adjective

  1. having flatfoot
  2. designating a manner of walking, with the toes pointed outward, as by people with flatfoot
  3. ☆ Informal downright and firm; plain and uncompromising
  4. Informal
    1. awkward or clumsy
    2. tedious, plodding, etc.

adverb

Informal firmly, directly, or abruptly

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flat-footed Idioms

catch someone flat-footed

☆ Informal
  1. to catch someone who is unprepared; take by surprise
  2. to catch someone who is in the act of committing some offense

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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