Both Uses of
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- Sometimes he decided that a yam was too big to be sown as one seed and he split it deftly along its length with his sharp knife.†
p. 32.7 *
- The water began to boil, and in one deft movement she lifted the pot from the fire and poured the boiling water over the fowl.†
p. 40.4
Definition:
quick and skillful