Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.
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Etymologies
- deft + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If the new administration continues with the present Vision (unlikely), or turns away as deftly from a new one as the present White House did from theirs, he might just get away with it.”
“Rankin deftly captures the mad circus ... of the G8 summit, but this background muddies the narrative waters.”
“Ovechkin deftly slid a pass to Green, who scored his ninth goal from the right circle at 18: 29.”
“His coauthor David Oliver Relin deftly evokes high-altitude landscapes haunted by glaciers, snow leopards, and the deaths of scores of climbers.”
“Halperin deftly transforms the presence of allusions into something missing — they”
The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality
“By deftly visualizing our “real world” imaginings of futures that never came to be, and sprinkling the film with subtle pop cultural nods, Sky Captain deftly manages the nearly impossible: it is utterly unique, yet comfortably familiar.”
“In this spare book, Herrin deftly tackles a topical subject at a geographical remove from American soil for a subtle, suspenseful treatment of a personal response to terrorism.”
House of the Deaf: Summary and book reviews of House of the Deaf by Lamar Herrin.
“But the 10 percent rule, which seemed to skirt the tricky issue of race so deftly, is coming under increasing attack these days as many wealthy parents complain that their children are not getting a fair shake.”
“A handful of earth was caught up deftly from the floor, and with it the glass was carefully scoured.”
“He held his ornate sword deftly in his mailed right fist.”
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deftly, coracle, delectable, snug, sprawly, disquieting, dismiss, peer, chimney, cosy, nursery, peep and 48 more...
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prudent, rudiment, ironically, haphazard, threadbare, oratory, illuminated, deftly, portly, misanthrope, pompous, distinctive and 25 more...
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Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
New words that I have come across while reading this book.
steely, jowly, obtuse, eviscerated, milieu, wharf, paternalism, sullen, tenuous, inveigled, toting, deftly and 24 more...
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mug, deftly, gauge, billboard, extrovert, assertiveness, sociability, discern, intriguing, stymied, stymie, impart and 71 more...
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Noelle Knight "Janice walked away to get another towel, and in the clear reflection, I watched the silver-haired customer deftly sweep up the earrings and stuff them into her jacket pocket, while Janice's back was turned." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris Feb 5, 2011