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Superlative for free from physical restraint or confinement
“Nor was Silas disposed to endure the risk of having his first begotten son gored by a strolling bull or bitten by an officious, pig-leading sow, or stepped on by a footloose horse.”
Superlative for unbounded by rules or conventions
“Sounds like the footloose hero in a Western novel, the guy who blows into Black Fork, Arizona, cleans up the town, and then travels on.”
Superlative for not restricted by relationships or commitments, especially to a significant other
“Jim could see a trace of longing in his eyes. It was the look the footloose bachelor could draw from the settled married man with any recital of bachelor adventures.”
Superlative for wandering from place to place, having no settled home
Superlative for casual, informal, relaxed, unrestrained
Superlative for unmarried or not involved in a romantic relationship
Superlative for behaving freely and naturally, without worrying what other people will think
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