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Definition of Surefootedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surefootedness
Literary usage of Surefootedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles by George Melly (1851)
"Additions to our party—Skeleton guides—Lost in the desert—Surefootedness of the
camel—The well—A horrible story—Nubian despotism—An Arab's revenge. ..."
2. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa: Being the Narrative of the Last by Frederick Courteney Selous (1893)
"CHAPTER XI A rough country—Scarcity of water and game—Surefootedness of the
donkey—Death from acute dysentery—The country improves—Obtain guides to ..."
3. Modern Business Writing by Charles Harvey Raymond (1921)
"The elephant's surefootedness is proverbial. The likeness of the Kelly-Springfield
Caterpillar truck tire to an elephant's foot was noticed when the first ..."
4. Modern Business Writing by Charles Harvey Raymond (1921)
"Its flexibility enables it to accommodate itself to the ground over which it is
passing. The elephant's surefootedness is proverbial. ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1876)
"... but I was obliged to excuse myself on the plea of extreme urgency to continue
my journey. The road was fortunately dry next day. The surefootedness ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It has afforded many illustrations to the Biblical writers and poets, especially
by its fleetness (Cant., ii, 9; Is., xxxv, 6), its surefootedness [Ps. xvii ..."
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