deft JUST WRITTEN FOR YOU
/dɛft/ · deft
adjective
- Quick and neat in action; skillful. She tied the knot with a deft flick of her wrist.
Did you know? The word ‘deft’ shares a root with the German ‘defter’, meaning ‘more skillful’, and appears in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ as a compliment to the magician’s quick hands.