surefooted
Adjective
Walking steadily, without stumbling; capable of finding good footing.
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The mules of Piedmont are exceeding strong and hardy. […] They are the only carriage that can be used in crossing the mountains, being very sure-footed: and it is observed that in choosing their steps, they always march upon the brink of the precipice.
For many years I didn't learn to walk, because I was carried everywhere—not by my parents, who had grown frail, but by the most sure-footed of the servants.
Testers reported the locomotive as very surefooted and said it did not lose traction.
Confident and capable.
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Her performance was described as "stunning, surefooted, breathtaking."
Adjective
not liable to stumble or fall
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on surefooted donkeys
not liable to error in judgment or action
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