Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
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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