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 Definitions of deft  [ɛft]  

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Definition of 'deft' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) deft
skillful; nimble; facile.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME; var. of daft)

Definition of 'deft' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) deft, dexterous, dextrous
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
"a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"


Definition of 'deft' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) deft
apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat


Translation of 'deft' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: skilful, quick and neat
his deft handling of the situation.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: behendig, knap, flink Arabic flag Arabic: لَبِق، رَشيق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сръчен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: hábil Czech flag Czech: obratný, zručný German flag German: geschickt
Danish flag Danish: behændig; snild Greek flag Greek: επιδέξιος Spanish flag Spanish: hábil
Estonian flag Estonian: osav Farsi flag Farsi: کارامد؛ ماهرانه Finnish flag Finnish: näppärä
French flag French: adroit Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְיוּמָן Hindi flag Hindi: निपुण
Croatian flag Croatian: okretan, spretan Hungarian flag Hungarian: ügyes Indonesian flag Indonesian: cekatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leikinn Italian flag Italian: abile Japanese flag Japanese: じょうずな
Korean flag Korean: 능숙한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: miklus, sumanus Latvian flag Latvian: veikls; izveicīgs
Malay flag Malay: cekap Dutch flag Dutch: behendig Norwegian flag Norwegian: fingernem/-ferdig; dyktig
Polish flag Polish: zręczny Persian flag Persian: کارامد؛ ماهرانه Pashto flag Pashto: ماهر، په كار پوه، ځيرك، ت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: hábil Romanian flag Romanian: abil Russian flag Russian: ловкий
Slovak flag Slovak: obratný Slovenian flag Slovenian: spreten Serbian flag Serbian: spretan
Swedish flag Swedish: flink, händig, skicklig Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งชำนาญ Turkish flag Turkish: hünerli, maharetli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 靈巧的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вправний, спритний Urdu flag Urdu: مشّاق ، ماہر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khéo tay Chinese flag Chinese: 灵巧的

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