leggedness

A hint of stiff-leggedness on their part, a lifted lip or a bristle of hair, and he would be upon them, merciless and cruel, swiftly convincing them of the error of their way.

The Covenant 2010

But two-leggedness, bipedalism, is rare among living things.

Baby Steps: Learning To Walk, The Hominid Way 2010

But two-leggedness, bipedalism, is rare among living things.

Baby Steps: Learning To Walk, The Hominid Way 2010

A dog can be brown and four-legged, but that doesn't mean brownness and four-leggedness are the same, or even connected.

Starbucks illustrates the weakness of global economy Athanasius 2007

My Grandaddy was like an animal whisperer, every species of four-leggedness flocking to him when he entered the room, so I knew she'd be right at home there.

Random Thought of the Day - SpouseBUZZ 2007

The example is specially salient, since it is clear that, in this story, the one-leggedness of the woman in question is a metaphor for another kind of disability or imbalance.

Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 4: God and the Artist 2005

A little above the average height, his one leggedness made him seem over six feet.

An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

A hint of stiff-leggedness on their part, a lifted lip or a bristle of hair, and he would be upon them, merciless and cruel, swiftly convincing them of the error of their way.

The Covenant 1906

After watching with a look of profound cunning on his little black face, and waiting till the Grizzly was some distance away, he silently slipped down behind the trunk, and, despite his three-leggedness, ran like a hare to the next tree, never stopping to breathe till he was on its topmost bough.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

A hint of stiff-leggedness on their part, a lifted lip or a bristle of hair, and he would be upon them, merciless and cruel, swiftly convincing them of the error of their way.

White Fang Jack London 1896