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Another word for deftness

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Noun

  1. Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body

    See also:

    ability

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Sentence Examples

  • Mrs. Watson demonstrated with a deftness at odds with her age.

  • On the contrary, he possesses both in a marked degree, and his deftness of finger is not less remarkable than the suppleness and activity of his body.

  • Fine writes about a serious subject with a deftness of touch that is at times darkly comic.

  • Skill at folding a white serviette had him batman to an officer; that and deftness with the bayonet.

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