Deft
[deft]
Definition
(adj.) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; 'a deft waiter'; 'deft fingers massaged her face'; 'dexterous of hand and inventive of mind' .
Checker: Roland--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Dexterous, skilful, clever, apt, adroit, ready, expert.[2]. Neat, pretty.
Checker: Max
Definition
adj. handy clever.—adv. Deft′ly.—n. Deft′ness.
Edited by Debra
Examples
- No machine has yet been invented that will take the place of the deft fingers of women in certain lines of ornamentation, as in final completion and trimming of their hats. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Lydgate had often fastened the plaits before, being among the deftest of men with his large finely formed fingers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Cary