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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
- Example: "a deft waiter"
- Example: "deft fingers massaged her face"
- Example: "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
[syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deft \deft\ (d[e^]ft), 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.]
   1. Apt; fit; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest
      way." --Shak. "Deftest feats." --Gay.
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            Let me be deft and debonair.          --Byron.
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   2. dexterous; clever; handy; as, a deft feat of legerdemain.
      [PJC]

            The limping god, so deft at his new ministry.
                                                  --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deft
    adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
           "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
           "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft,
           dexterous, dextrous]