Deft : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Deft	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deft adj skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" Synonym(s): deft, dexterous, dextrous
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[91]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] [bd]The deftest way.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Deftest feats.[b8] --Gay. The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. --Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. --Byron.