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flatfootedly

flatfootedly adverb: in a flatfooted manner.

Adverb

flatfootedly (comparative more flatfootedly, superlative most flatfootedly)

  1. In a flatfooted manner.
    • Steward, one of De La Hoya’s former trainers, saw him tiring and fighting flatfootedly.2007 May 11, Richard Sandomir, “Mayweather Tries Broadcasting, but Ponders His Future”, in New York Times

Forms of flatfootedly

comparativemore flatfootedly
superlativemost flatfootedly

Origin of flatfootedly

From flatfooted + -ly.

Questions about flatfootedly

What does flatfootedly mean?
Flatfootedly means in a flatfooted manner.
What part of speech is flatfootedly?
Flatfootedly is an adverb.

Words near flatfootedly in the dictionary

  1. flatfields
  2. flatfish
  3. flatfishes
  4. flatfoot
  5. flatfooted
  6. flatfootedly
  7. flatfootedness
  8. flatfooting
  9. flatfoots
  10. Flatford
  11. flatform

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