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skillful

deft = skillful

deft = skillful

The tragedy began quietly enough, and like many another talk, by the man's deft assertion of his superiority.
Forster, E. M. -- Howards End

deft = skillful

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

deft = skillful

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

deftly = in a skillful manner

He popped some sunflower seeds in his mouth, deftly chewed them, and spat out the shells.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

deftly = in a skillful manner

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

deft = skillful

With a deft gesture, he rearranged it.
Christie, Agatha -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles

deft = skillful

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

deft = skillful

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

deft = skillful

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

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