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Grammar : Adv
Spell : deft
Phonetic Transcription : dɛft



Definition of deftly

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from deft + -ly (2).
  • As in cleverly : adv in a dexterous manner
  • As in shrewdly : adv astutely
  • As in delicately : adv carefully
Example sentences :
  • She stood out in the corridor while this was deftly and swiftly done.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • She guided him deftly back to music, to the opera, to the night of Iphigenia.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • He had taken his hat, and was smoothing it deftly with the palm of his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Yet even from this rebuff he managed to deftly extract a compliment.
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
  • He turned toward her; she accomplished that deftly, then glanced across at the clock.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • I had been deftly handled by this Woodford, and yet I had not seemed to be.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • He mixed them deftly, without saying a word, and gave them back to Muriel.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • Tom deftly slipped the jack of diamonds to the bottom of the pack.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • Deftly and silently he pulled the latter's gun from where it lay beside him.
  • Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service » by James R. Driscoll
  • The soldier took the glass, turning it deftly with one hand.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

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