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Meanings of deft in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "dexterous"
Examples for "dexterous"
1
They were first-rate hunters, and dexterous in the management of the canoe.
2
The other way Watson personalises the music is with those dexterous paws.
3
The princess was beautiful and spirited, dexterous and false, perfidious and seductive.
4
True, he's not nearly as lyrically dexterous as Kendrick Lamar or J.Cole.
5
And she does it all with a dexterous, lightly worn technical mastery.
1
Another dextrous movement of the gun sent it flying into the air.
2
We'll see if she is equally dextrous in readopting her original identity.
3
Only by dextrous work could he save himself from being run down.
4
He was everything I wanted to be: daring and dextrous, fast and funny.
5
The Indians are dextrous in contrivances for that purpose, which we had not.
Usage of deft in anglès
1
The broad shoulders, strong arms, deft hands with their long nimble fingers.
2
What caught Owen's eye were the deft touches in crowded penalty areas.
3
He sets to sweeping, and is not very deft in the exercise.
4
It also was a deft ploy of blame-shifting, which exonerates his government.
5
From Civil War hospital experience the father had been a deft bonesetter.
6
They were deft artists in picture-writings, which they etched on the rocks.
7
With a deft movement, she made the card disappear inside her handbag.
8
Such an obvious ploy, that, yet deft for a boy of fifteen.
9
The deft young pianist Frank Harrison increasingly opened out in this piece.
10
Look sharp! The magician's hands, smooth and deft, flashed across the cards.
11
With a deft hand she re-arranged the disordered folds of her dress.
12
The deft Matzai placed the tray on the mahogany at Richard's elbow.
13
Under her deft fingers the instrument became a medium for musical speech.
14
McTosh, the mere man in question, blushed violently behind his deft hand.
15
With admiring eyes, Moira followed the swift movements of his deft fingers.
16
The young girl was deft with her hands, and could work enchantment.
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Deft through the time
Deft across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common