Deftly
['dɛftli]
Definition
(adv.) Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.
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Examples
- It was all done so swiftly and deftly that the fellow was helpless before he knew that he was attacked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr Inspector dipped a pen in his inkstand, and deftly laid it on a piece of paper close beside him; then resumed his former attitude. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Deftly he removed the great pelt, for he had practiced often on smaller animals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She obeyed; went and returned deftly and nimbly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You edge away a little, and no wonder, but the girl who handles it shows no fear as she deftly but carefully presses it into molds which separate it into the proper sizes for primers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As _you_ say, madame retorted, correcting him, and deftly knitting an extra something into his name that boded him no good. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mistress Affery took the key from behind the door, and deftly slipped out to fetch her lord. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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