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Deftly

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deft  (dft)
adj. deft·er, deft·est
Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.
[Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft.]
deftly adv.
deftness n.
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Adv.1.deftly - with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he untied the knots"
dexterously, dextrously
2.deftly - in a deft manner; "Lois deftly removed her scarf"


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But the stranger turned the blow right deftly and in return gave one as stout, which Robin also turned as the stranger had done.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Ivan Parmenov was standing on the cart, taking, laying in place, and stamping down the huge bundles of hay, which his pretty young wife deftly handed up to him, at first in armfuls, and then on the pitchfork.
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My wounds gave me but little pain, so wonderfully and rapidly had the applications and injections of the female exercised their therapeutic powers, and so deftly had she bound and plastered the injuries.
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