Found 3 items, similar to Deft.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: deft
cekatan, tangkas, terampil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deft
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: deft
deft
\deft\ (d[e^]ft), 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.]
1. Apt; fit; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic]
“The deftest
way.” --Shak.
“Deftest feats.” --Gay.
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Let me be deft and debonair. --Byron.
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2. dexterous; clever; handy; as, a deft feat of legerdemain.
[PJC]
The limping god, so deft at his new ministry.
--Dryden.
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