All 3 Uses of
deft
in
Dubliners
- This was not altogether pleasant for him, as he had nearly always to make a deft guess at the meaning and shout back a suitable answer in the face of a high wind.†
Chpt 5 *
- He picked his way deftly through all that minute vermin-like life and under the shadow of the gaunt spectral mansions in which the old nobility of Dublin had roystered.†
Chpt 8
- She put the sleeping child deftly in his arms and said: "Here.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(deft) quick and skillful