Antonyms for deftly

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

Synonyms for deftly

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