All 4 Uses
deft
in
Obasan
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- With swift deft fingers, Mother removes the live chicks first, placing them in her apron.†
Chpt 11 *
- Deftly, Father places the pads of his fingertips on the holes and, holding the mouthpiece flat against his lower lip, he plays arpeggios rapidly.†
Chpt 24
- She twirls a red string around a red circle tab deftly three times, then places the folder in her briefcase.†
Chpt 33
- How unlike my mother's young heart-shaped mouth in my dream, her fingers deftly moving the long thread from knot to knot, drawing the flower closer to her lips.†
Chpt 35
Definitions:
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(1)
(deft) quick and skillful
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)