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Definition of Deftly
1. Adverb. With dexterity; in a dexterous manner. "Dextrously he untied the knots"
2. Adverb. In a deft manner. "Lois deftly removed her scarf"
Definition of Deftly
1. adv. Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.
Definition of Deftly
1. Adverb. In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action. ¹
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Definition of Deftly
1. deft [adv] - See also: deft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deftly
Literary usage of Deftly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"deftly. Neatly, dexterously. ... Come, high or low, deftly ... Ch.Zb. And perching
deftly on a Quaking spray, Nye tyr'd herself to make her hearer stay. ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"Tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice; skating upon the glassy pavement laid
so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream; swept by the wind at ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Some deftly ply The windy bellows, which receive and give The roaring blasts;
some plunge in cooling pond The hissing metal, while the smithy floor Groans ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"Tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice ; skating upon the glassy pavement laid
so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream ; swept by the wind at ..."
5. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"Unable to make headway against the prevailing fashion, he deftly turned it to
account; after long and patient labor he placed a 'Stradivarius' violin on the ..."
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