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deftly

[ UK /dˈɛftli/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛftɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a deft manner
    Lois deftly removed her scarf
  2. with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
    dextrously he untied the knots

How To Use deftly In A Sentence

  • Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb.
  • The night I visited, a barback deftly chipped away at an angular, Braque-style ice block with a large spoon, taking about 90 seconds to shape something roughly the size of a baseball. Cold Fusion
  • She had crossed this road before, deftly robbing Peter to slip a rubber cheque into Paul's back pocket.
  • She deftly defeats those who dare challenge her with a relentless intensity.
  • A kicking beat, guitars deftly playing off each other, and a bass line that was pure nous.
  • Smith introduces these more sombre notes with real assurance, deftly counterpoising the impending death with the day-to-day concerns and anxieties.
  • It is also deftly poised on the border between belief and unbelief.
  • Both artists are skilled storytellers, able to use a few deftly chosen images to render snapshots of their own autobiographies.
  • Plotz deftly neuters Graham's ridiculous eugenics, putting his noxious opinions in their historical context of the KKK and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s.
  • Neely's cartooning is light and breezy one panel (deftly evoking a cartoon-strip nostalgic past) and utterly terrifying the next, as the Blot and the unnamed character come to terms with one another. What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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