Tiptoe vs Calmly - What's the difference?
tiptoe | calmly |
Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
* Shakespeare
* Byron
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
* Cowper
To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
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As a noun tiptoe
is the tips of one's toes collectively.As an adjective tiptoe
is standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.As a verb tiptoe
is to walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.As an adverb calmly is
in a calm manner.tiptoe
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(wikipedia tiptoe)Alternative forms
* tip-toe * tippytoe, tippy-toeDerived terms
* on tiptoeAdjective
(-)- Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
- above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory
- with tiptoe step
Verb
(d)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}