deft

  • 11deft — *dexterous, adroit, handy Analogous words: nimble, *agile, brisk: *quick, ready, apt, prompt: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient: sure, assured, *confidçnt Antonyms: awkward Contrasted words: clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche (see …

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  • 12deft — [deft] adj done quickly and with skill deftly adv …

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  • 13deft — [adj] agile, clever able, adept, adroit, apt, crack, cute, dexterous, expert, fleet, handy, having good hands, having know how, ingenious, neat, nimble, proficient, prompt, quick, ready, skilled, skillful; concept 527 Ant. awkward, clumsy, inept …

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  • 14deft — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ quick and neatly skilful. DERIVATIVES deftly adverb deftness noun. ORIGIN variant of DAFT(Cf. ↑daft), in the obsolete sense «meek» …

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  • 15DEFT — Défi fouille de texte DEFT ou Défi fouille de texte est une campagne d évaluation scientifique francophone organisée depuis 2005 par le LIMSI (Laboratoire d informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l ingénieur, CNRS) avec le soutien du… …

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  • 16deft — UK [deft] / US adjective Word forms deft : adjective deft comparative defter superlative deftest a) deft movements are made quickly and with skill b) moving quickly and with skill Derived word: deftly adverb …

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  • 17deft — deftly, adv. deftness, n. /deft/, adj., defter, deftest. dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic. [1175 1225; ME; var. of DAFT] Syn. See dexterous. * * * …

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  • 18deft — adjective 1 a deft movement is skilful, and often quick: With one deft movement, she flipped the pancake over. 2 skilful at doing something: a deft political operator deftly adverb deftness noun (U) …

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  • 19deft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dextrous, skillful. See skill.Ant., inept, awkward. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dexterous, skilled, expert, adroit; see able 1 , 2 , dexterous . See Synonym Study at dexterous . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 20deft — [[t]de̱ft[/t]] defter, deftest ADJ GRADED A deft action is skilful and often quick. [WRITTEN] With a deft flick of his foot, Mr Worth tripped one of the raiders up. Derived words: deftly ADV GRADED One of the waiting servants deftly caught him as …

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