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[syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deftness \Deft"ness\, n.
The quality of being deft. --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deftness
n 1: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his
quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was
famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness,
adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "deftness":
ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, agility, airmanship,
artfulness, artisanship, artistry, assuredness, bravura,
brilliance, capability, capacity, cleverness, command, competence,
confidence, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning,
dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency,
expertise, facility, finesse, fleetness, grace, grip, handiness,
horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, know-how, marksmanship,
mastership, mastery, nimbleness, practical ability, proficiency,
prowess, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness,
savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, skill, skillfulness, sleight,
style, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery,
technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity, wit, wizardry,
workmanship