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| dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic. |
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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
O.E. gedæfte "mild, gentle," differentiated in M.E. into daft (q.v.) and this word, via sense of "apt, skillful, adept."
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| skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" |
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deft [deft] adjective
skilful, quick and neat
Example: his deft handling of the situation
Example: his deft handling of the situation
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Deft
Daft\ (d[.a]ft), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.]1. Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft. Let us think no more of this daft business --Sir W. Scott. 2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] --Jamieson.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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