afoot
About 0.77 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)
- adverb On foot. (support of the body, standing)
- adverb In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
- adjective Walking or running; using the feet for locomotion, as opposed to on horseback or riding in a vehicle.
- adjective That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
Similar words
walking moving underway current walk happening ahead feet-first afield afoam
Often followed by
to in and for or with that by on
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