All 8 Uses of
deft
in
The Power and the Glory by Cooke
- And, having made a bed in the cradle from some folded covers, he lifted the baby with strange deftness and placed it in.†
Chpt 1 *
- Deftly Johnnie straightened and spread it, while her partner grumbled.†
Chpt 4
- She described Pap Himes and his boarding-house, aptly, deftly, and left it funny, though a sympathetic listener could feel the tragedy beneath.†
Chpt 7
- The most experienced manoeuverer of Society's legion could not have handled a difficult situation more deftly.†
Chpt 7
- Mandy, dressing at the same bureau, scraggled the parting of her own hair, furtively watching the deft arranging of Johnnie's.†
Chpt 10
- With deft, careful fingers she lifted the wet cloths above the bruised forehead.†
Chpt 13
- With strange, inherent deftness she copied the garb, the hair dressing, even the manner and speech, of such worthy models as came within her range of vision—like her daughter, she had an eye for fitness and beauty; that which was merely fashionable though truly inelegant, did not appeal to her.†
Chpt 15
- Before the girl could respond beyond an answering smile and "good morning," the new friend had put his own alpenstock into her hands and gone to the roadside, where, with unerring judgment, he selected a long, straight, tapering shoot of ash, and hewed it deftly with a monster jack-knife drawn from his trousers pocket.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(deft) quick and skillful