All 6 Uses of
deft
in
War and Peace
- She went to the table, set down the tray, and with her plump white hands deftly took from it the bottles and various hors d'oeuvres and dishes and arranged them on the table.†
Chpt 7 *
- And Natasha began rapidly and deftly sorting out the things.†
Chpt 11
- In this way, having carefully removed the leg bands by deft circular motions of his arm following one another uninterruptedly, the man hung the leg bands up on some pegs fixed above his head.†
Chpt 12
- The latter was conscious of something pleasant, comforting, and well rounded in these deft movements, in the man's well-ordered arrangements in his corner, and even in his very smell, and he looked at the man without taking his eyes from him.†
Chpt 12
- His sleeves were rolled up and his sinewy, hairy, red hands with their short fingers deftly turned the ramrod.†
Chpt 14
- The handsome young soldier who had brought the wood, setting his arms akimbo, began stamping his cold feet rapidly and deftly on the spot where he stood.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(deft) quick and skillful