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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deft \Deft\, a. [OE. daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid (cf. OE daffe, deffe fool, coward), AS d[ae]ft (in derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to dafen, gedafen becoming, fit Goth. gadaban to be fit Cf {Daft}, {Daff}, {Dapper}.] Apt; fit dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] ``The deftest way.'' --Shak. ``Deftest feats.'' --Gay. The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. --Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deft adj 1: quick and skillful in movement 2: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: {dexterous}, {dextrous}]
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