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deft
(encz) | deft,obratný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deft
(gcide) | 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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deft
(wn) | 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] |
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deft
(encz) | deft,obratný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deftly
(encz) | deftly,hbitě adv: Zdeněk Broždeftly,obratně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
deftness
(encz) | deftness,hbitost n: Zdeněk Broždeftness,obratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
deft
(gcide) | 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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Deftly
(gcide) | Deftly \Deft"ly\, adv. [Cf. Defly.]
Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing."
--Drayton.
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Thyself and office deftly show. --Shak.
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Deftness
(gcide) | Deftness \Deft"ness\, n.
The quality of being deft. --Drayton.
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deft
(wn) | 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] |
deftly
(wn) | deftly
adv 1: with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he
untied the knots" [syn: dexterously, dextrously,
deftly]
2: in a deft manner; "Lois deftly removed her scarf" |
deftness
(wn) | 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] |
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