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Another word for deft

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Adjective

  1. Showing art or skill in performing or doing

    See also:

    knowledge

    ability

  2. Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance

    See also:

    ability

  3. Well done or executed

    See also:

    good

    ability

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Another word for deft

Modifier
  1. See also:

    dexterous

    dexterous

    able

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Sentence Examples

  • The loss of the Meletta-Badenecche positions Deft another salient exposed to Austrian attack.

  • However, not everyone has a deft hand for the application and some skill is involved.

  • However, both PlayStation and Xbox have suffered the same fate, cracked by deft programmers and by allowing their founding companies to fall prey to piracy.

  • Perhaps no other genre of music is so deft at laying love on the table - from first love to long-lasting love, lost love, and of course, cheating hearts.

  • deft 10-yard lob into the empty net.

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