surefooted
Everything in the film was done with absolute conviction and surefootedness.
And once he loses his surefootedness, the media will turn on him like sharks.
Foreign firms, too, are feeling their way, with surprising surefootedness.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Confidence & self-assurance
amour propre
aplomb
assertive
assertively
assertiveness
dogmatism
dogmatist
empowered
feel certain
fierce
rest assured
safe
safety blanket
security blanket
self-assertion
to be sureidiom
too cool for schoolidiom
unbowed
unintimidated
unmoored

Examples of surefootedness

surefootedness
Down this they plunged with surefootedness was a marvel.
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Down this they plunged with reckless speed; their surefootedness was a marvel in such seemingly unwieldy beasts.
From Project Gutenberg
The animal seemed tired, and yet the safety of all depended on his strength and surefootedness.
From Project Gutenberg
During our rough ride to this place, they had exhibited a wonderful surefootedness.
From Project Gutenberg
The extraordinary agility of these mountaineers is possible because of the pads beneath their hoofs that give them the clinging surefootedness which is so remarkable.
From Project Gutenberg
He went up in rapid rushes, with the ease and surefootedness of a coolheaded, steel-muscled climber.
From Project Gutenberg
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