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skillful- She painted with deft, swift touches.
deft = skillful
- Deft fingers massaged her face.
- The tragedy began quietly enough, and like many another talk, by the man's deft assertion of his superiority.Forster, E. M. -- Howards End
- But men do call him a right deft hand at quarterstaff.Pyle, Howard -- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
- His head bent over the guitar, his fingers deft, the music a language both mysterious and beautiful, would move David to tears.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, deftly removed the shells with his teeth, and spat them into Stanley's hole.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- He popped some sunflower seeds in his mouth, deftly chewed them, and spat out the shells.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- Frederic's hands were strong and deft.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Her movements were deft and focused.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- She had cut the fingertips from her gloves, and she moved around the stove with deft efficiency, poking at some eggs in the frying pan.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- The patterns were as familiar to him now as Paul's long deft fingers, moving with such sureness over the strings, weaving music in the air.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- She watched his hands move deftly, swiftly, stripping the bark, and her heart surged.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- There might be opportunity for a deft and ripping thrust of paw into the tender, unguarded belly.London, Jack -- White Fang
- With a deft gesture, he rearranged it.Christie, Agatha -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- His hand was under the coat for but a moment, yet those quick, deft fingers had felt of each coin, and found and discarded the fatal piece.Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- The Return of Tarzan
- Phil's fingers were deft, and the result was a dress which was the envy of every Redmond girl.Montgomery, Lucy Maud -- Anne of The Island
- Of deft design, to please a lordly eye:Eliot, George -- Middlemarch
- The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna's hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- The girls went out with torches in their hands and soon deftly made up a double bed.Homer -- The Iliad
- It required a sophistication unavailable to me, and some deft manipulation of the voices around her.Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
deft = skillful
deft = skillful
deft = skillful
deftly = in a skillful manner
deftly = in a skillful manner
deft = skillful
deft = skillful
deft = skillful
deft = skillful
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