light-heeled adjective2 •(no longer used) Nimble or lively in walking or running; swift of foot. •(no longer used) Of loose character; not chaste; immoral. Literally, as if by the flying up of the heels, one is apt to fall flat on their back.a light-heeled wench formslighter-heeled · more light-heeled · lightest-heeled · most light-heeled