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Synonyms for deftly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : deft |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɛft |
Top 10 synonyms for deftly Other synonyms for the word deftly
- agilely
- cunningly
- daintily
- deceptively
- deliberately
- dexterously
- elegantly
- expertly
- exquisitely
- facilely
- fastidiously
- finely
- foxily
- glibly
- gracefully
- guilefully
- handily
- ingeniously
- intelligently
- judiciously
- keenly
- knowingly
- lightly
- neatly
- nimbly
- perspicaciously
- precisely
- proficiently
- quickly
- readily
- resourcefully
- sagaciously
- sensitively
- skillfully
- slyly
- smartly
- smoothly
- softly
- subtly
- tactfully
- trickily
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for deftly
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