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deft
[deft] 
–adjective, -er, -est.
| dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic. |
Related forms:
deftly, adverb
deftness, noun
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| deft (děft) adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft.] deft'ly adv., deft'ness n. |
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Deft
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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Language Translation for : deft
Spanish:
hábil,
German:
geschickt,
Japanese:
じょうずな
deft
O.E. gedæfte "mild, gentle," differentiated in M.E. into daft (q.v.) and this word, via sense of "apt, skillful, adept."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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