About The Word Deft
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Deft
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What's The Definition Of Deft?
[adj] skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
[adj] quick and skillful in movement Synonyms | Synonyms for Deft: adroit | dexterous | dextrous | graceful Related Terms | Find terms related to Deft: adept | adroit | agile | apt | artistic | authoritative | bravura | brilliant | brisk | clean | clever | coordinated | crack | crackerjack | cunning | cute | daedal | Daedalian | dexterous | dextrous | diplomatic | excellent | expert | fancy | fleet | good | goodish | graceful | handy | ingenious | magisterial | masterful | masterly | neat | neat-handed | nimble | no mean | politic | professional | proficient | prompt | quick | quite some | ready | resourceful | skillful | slick | some | statesmanlike | stylish | tactful | the compleat | the complete | virtuoso | well-done | workmanlike See Also | Deft In Webster's Dictionary \Deft\, a. [OE. daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid
(cf. OE. daffe, deffe, fool, coward), AS. d[ae]ft (in
derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to
dafen, gedafen, becoming, fit, Goth. gadaban to be fit. Cf.
{Daft}, {Daff}, {Dapper}.]
Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or
Poetic] ``The deftest way.'' --Shak. ``Deftest feats.''
--Gay.
The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. --Dryden.
Let me be deft and debonair. --Byron.
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