Deft

Definitions: Deft

Deft

Adjective

1. Quick and skillful in movement.

2. Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "deft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Etymology: Deft \Deft\, adjective. [from Old English expression daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid (Compare to Old English daffe, deffe, fool, coward), Anglo-Saxon d[ae]ft (in derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to dafen, gedafen, becoming, fit, Gothic gadaban to be fit. Compare to Daft, Daff, Dapper.]. (Websters 1913)

DEFT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Deft

Agreement

Fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet; (expedient).

Skill

Adjective: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart; (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant; (knowing).

Crosswords: Deft

Remarkable! he said warmly. A remarkably deft performance! Capital! capital!.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Yemen

Handling these issues will require a deft political touch. (references)

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Albanian

i shkathët (adroit, agile, artful, brisk, catlike, clever, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, facile, feat, habile, knacky, light-handed, lightsome, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose-limbed, lubricous, natty, neat, neat-handed, nimble, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skillful, slick, smart, spry, supple, swift-handed, tactical, vivacious). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ماهر (adept, adroit, astute, clever, consummate, ingenious, nimble, proficient, shrewd, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, sound, subtle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сръчен (able, adroit, agile, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, feat, handy, ingenious, knacky, knowing, light-handed, neat-handed, practised, pretty, skilful, skillful, smart, two-handed), пъргав (active, agile, alert, alive, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy). (various references)

Chinese 

灵巧 (Dexterous, dextrous). (various references)

Czech

svižný (nimble, rattling, spanking, spry, swinging), obratný (adroit, dexterous, natty, sailorly, skilly), hbitý (agile, light-heeled, nimble, prompt, sprightly, swift, voluble), šikovný (astute, cunning, cute, dexterous, handy, ingenious, natty, nifty, skilled). (various references)

Danish

direkte,elektronisk Fouriertransformation (direct electronic Fourier transform). (various references)

Dutch

directe elektronische Fourier-transformatie (direct electronic Fourier transform). (various references)

Farsi 

ماهر (Adept, Adroit, Cunning, Dexterous, Dextrous, Expert, Great, Handy, Industrious, Jimmy, Natty, Pert, Proficient, Skillful, Slick, Understanding, Workmanlike), چالاک (Adroit, Dexterous, Dextrous, Handy, Jimmy, Lissome, Natty, Nimble, Nippy, Pawky, Peppy, Prompt, Sprightly, Spry), کاردان (Resourceful, Technician), زبردست (Adept, Adroit, Dexterous, Dextrous, Industrious, Proficient), استادانه (Professorial, Scholastic, Workmanlike). (various references)

Finnish

suora elektroninen Fourier-muunnos (direct electronic Fourier transform). (various references)

French

transformée de Fourier électronique directe, preste, habile (dexterous), adroit (dexterous). (various references)

German

gewandt (able, adroit, adroitly, agile, alert, brisk, clever, deftly, dexterous, dexterously, fluently, glib, glibly, handily, keen, neat, neatly, nimble, proficient, ready, skilful, skilled, skillful, skillfully, urbane, urbanely, versa, versus, voluble, volubly), geschickt (able, ably, adept, adroit, agile, agilely, capably, clever, cleverly, competently, cunningly, deftly, dexterous, expert, expertly, glibly, handy, ingenious, neatly, nimble, proficient, shrewd, shrewdly, skilful, skilfully, skilled, skillful, skillfully). (various references)

Greek 

επιτήδειοσ (clever, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, great at, handy, shrewd, skilful, skillful, slick, slicker), επιδέξιοσ (adroit, artful, dexterous, dextrous, great at, manipulator, masterful, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick), ευθύς ηλεκτρονικός μετασχηματισμός Φουριέ (direct electronic Fourier transform). (various references)

Hungarian

ügyes (able, adept, adroit, artful, clean, clever, crafted, cunning, dab, daedalian, dexterous, dextrous, dodge, expeditious, expenditious, facile, feat, good, habile, handy, ingenious, masterly, natty, nimble-fingered, politic, proficient, ready worker, skilful, skillful, skilly, slick, to know how many beans make five, versatile). (various references)

Indonesian

terampil (dexterous), tangkas (agile, cute, dapper, dexterous, prompt), cekatan (adept, adroit, handy, nimble). (various references)

Italian

destro (able, adroit, agile, artful, clever, Dexter, dexterous, dextrous, direct, handy, off, proficient, right, right hand, righthand, skilful, skillful, straight), sveglio (able, adroit, alert, awake, brainy, bright, clever, cute, dexterous, downy, proficient, quick, sharp, skillful, smart, wakeful, wide awake), lesto (able, adroit, clever, dexterous, nimble, proficient, quick, skillful), abile (able, adept, adroit, artful, capable, clever, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, expert, facile, fit, handy, knowing, masterful, masterly, proficient, skilful, skillful). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

巧妙 (clever, ingenious, skillful). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"うみょう (clever, fame, glory, great achievement, hope, ingenious, renown, right future, skillful). (various references)

Manx

jesh-laueagh (adept, adroit, ambidexterous, ambidextrous, dexterous, handy, slick). (various references)

Norwegian

netthendt. (various references)

Pig Latin

eftday

Portuguese

destro (able, adroit, clean, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, feat, knacky, light-headed, natty, neatherd, quick, right handed, righthand, skilful, skillful, slick), transformada directa de Fourier electrónica (direct electronic Fourier transform), perito (Ace, adept, authority, competent, connoisseur, dab, experienced, expert, expert opinion, hakim, judge, land surveyor, master, nailer, proficient, referee, sciential, scientific, skilled, specialist, surveyor, versed), hábil (able, adroit, artful, canny, capable, cattish, circumspective, clever, cunning, dexterous, diplomatic, habile, ingenious, knacky, light-handed, neat, neat-handed, practitioner, skilful, skilled, skillful), ágil (able, active, adroit, agile, alert, brisk, clever, dexterous, keen, kittenish, light footed, lightsome, limber, lissome, list, lithe, lithium, nimble, skillful, springy, spry, volant). (various references)

Romanian

dibaci (adroit, artful, clever, dexterous, handy, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, subtle, tricky), iute de mânã (dexterous), iscusit (able, adroit, apt, argute, clean, clever, cute, daedal, ingenious, learned, ready, sharp-sighted, skilful, skilled, skillful, workmanlike), abil (adroit, apt, artful, artistic, artistical, astute, clean, clever, competent, crafty, cunning, deep, dexterous, fit, handy, industrious, knowing, natty, qualified, ready, resourceful, sharp, shifty, skilful, skilfully, skilled, skillful, skillfully, sly, smart, subtle, swift-handed, versatile), îndemânatic (adroit, adroitly, clever, dexterous, dextrous, handy, light-handed, natty, skilful, skillful, slick, subtle, tricky, workmanlike). (various references)

Russian 

ловкий (adept, adroit, artful, clean, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, dodgy, feat, habile, handy, knacky, knowing, light fingered, light-handed, natty, neat, neat-handed, politic, sailorly, skilful, skillful, slick, swift-handed, tactical, tricky), проворный (adroit, agile, brisk, dexterous, dextrous, light-footed, limber, lissom, lissome, lithesome, nimble, nippy, on the jump, quick, rash, zippy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vešt (able, accomplished, adept, adroit, artful, clever, cunning, daedal, dexterous, habile, handy, knacky, knowing, proficient, sciential, skilled, skillful, slick, subtle, tall), spretan (adroit, dexterous, habile, handy, neat-handed, nimble, skilled, wieldy). (various references)

Spanish

ágil (able, adroit, agile, clever, dexterous, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, nifty, nimble, nippy, proficient, quick, skillful, spry, zappy). (various references)

Swedish

skicklig (able, ably, accomplished, adept, adroit, be cunning, clever, dexterous, dextrous, expert, fine, handsome, ingenious, knacky, knowing, neat, neat-handed, proficient, skilful, skilled, skillful), händig (adroit, dexterous, dextrous, handy, wieldy). (various references)

Turkish

usta (adept, adroit, artist, connoisseur, constructor, craftsman, dab, dabster, dexterous, experienced, expert, facile, hand, ingenious, intelligent, journeyman, master, old hand, proficient, shark, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, subtile, versed, whizz, wise, workman, Wright), eli yatkın (handsome, inclined, skilled), becerikli (adept, adroit, agile, capable, clever, designing, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, facile, gifted, handsome, ingenious, knowing, light-handed, neat, nimble-fingered, performing, practical, pushful, pushing, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skilly, slick, smart, versatile, wise). (various references)

Turkmen 

яьwrьk (nimble, quick), зakgan (adroit, dextrous). (various references)

Ukranian 

спритний (adroit, agile, alert, arch, artful, canny, cunning, dexterous, dodgy, fly, handy, light fingered, light-handed, natty, nifty, nimble, nimble footed, nimble-fingered, pert, politic, practical, shuffling, slick, tactical, whipping, wide awake, zippy), спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, easeful, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), чепурний (cleanly, dink, natty, neat, trim), вправний (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, canny, capable, clever, crafty, cunning, good, handy, jemmy, neat, neat-handed, nifty, practised, proficient), охайний (clean, cleanly, natty, neat, orderly, shipshape, smart, smug, spiffed, tidy), моторний (adroit, agile, alert, dapper, dashing, dexterous, lissome, lithesome, mercurial, motor, nimble, nippy, ready, spry, volant). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khéo tay (adroit, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, light-fingered, neat-handed, nimble-fingered, skilful, workmanlike), khéo léo (ably, acrobatically, adroit, aptly, artistic, artistical, clever, neat-handed, patent, skilful, workmanlike). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "deft": defter, deftest, deftly, deftness, deftnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Deft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeft, dafts, dafty, deaft, deat, dect, dectp, deef, deet, defat, Defb, defe, deff, defi, defit, Defs, defts, defty, Defu, delt, deot, dert, dest, D'est, det, dett, devet, dewt, dext, deyt, df, dfd, Dfe, dfen, dfg, diffk, diffm, dift, doef, doft, dofts, dofu, dref, dreff, drefn, dreft, duft, dweft, Edcf, edt, edtv, eft, ietf, meft, tefft, teft, xef, zeft. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: eft, fed, fet, ted.

-2 letters: de, ed, ef, et.

+1 letter: defat, delft, fated, feted, fetid.

+2 letters: dafter, defats, defeat, defect, defter, deftly, delfts, farted, fasted, fatted, felted, fetted, fidget, fisted, fitted, flited, fluted, flyted, foetid, footed, futzed, gifted, hafted, hefted, lifted, lofted, rafted, rifted, sifted, tiffed, tufted, turfed, wafted.

+3 letters: bedfast, clefted, crafted, daftest, deafest, default, defeats, defects, defiant, deficit, deflate, deflect, defrost, deftest, defunct, drafted, draftee, drafter, drifted, drifter, faceted, fadeout, fagoted, fainted, faithed, fathead, faulted, feasted, feedlot, feinted, fetched, fetidly, fettled, feudist, fideist, fidgets, fidgety, fileted, fixated, flatbed, flatted, fleeted, flinted, flirted, flitted, floated, flouted, foisted, fondest, footled, fracted, fretted, fritted, fronted, frosted, frothed, fruited, grafted, grifted, redraft, refuted, shafted, shifted, staffed, stiffed, stifled, strafed, stuffed, telford, tenfold, trifled.

+4 letters: affected, befitted, buffeted, citified, cityfied, confuted, daffiest, daftness, deadlift, deathful, defatted, defaults, defeated, defeater, defecate, defected, defector, deferent, deficits, definite, deflated, deflater, deflates, deflator, deflects, deforest, defrosts, deftness, detoxify, draftees, drafters, draftier, driftage, drifters, driftier, dwarfest, dyestuff, effected, facetted, factored, faddiest, fadeouts, faggoted, falcated, faltered, fastened, fatheads, fathered, fathomed, fatigued, fattened, featured, federate, feedlots, fellated, ferreted, festered, feticide, fettered, feudists, fideists, fidelity, fidgeted, fidgeter, filiated, filleted, filtered, finitude, flatbeds, flathead, flaunted, fletched, flighted, flitched, foliated, fomented, foredate, forested, foretold, fortuned, fostered, foveated, frighted, frosteds, frowsted, furcated, gatefold, giftedly, identify, infected, infested, inflated, leftward, notified, outfaced, outfield, outfired, outfoxed, piedfort, profited, raftered, ratified, redefeat, redefect, redrafts, redshift, refected, refitted, reflated, resifted, safetied, sheetfed, softened, softhead, stedfast, sulfated, tariffed, telfered, telfords, tenfolds, tepefied, tiffined, tradeoff, truffled, tumefied, typified, unfitted, ungifted, unsifted, untufted, uplifted, upwafted.

+5 letters: acetified, afflicted, affronted, afterdeck, afterward, afterword, airlifted, asafetida, batfowled, beatified, befretted, benefited, brutified, certified, comforted, confected, confident, conflated, deadlifts, deceitful, decertify, defalcate, defatting, defaulted, defaulter, defeaters, defeating, defeatism, defeatist, defeature, defecated, defecates, defecting, defection, defective, defectors, defendant, deferents, deferment, defiantly, deficient, deflaters, deflating, deflation, deflators, deflected, deflector, defoliant, defoliate, deforests, deformity, defrosted, defroster, delftware, demystify, denitrify, dentiform, devitrify, different, diffident, disaffect, disinfect, disinfest, draffiest, draftable, draftiest, draftsmen, driftages, driftiest, dyestuffs, eightfold, engrafted, fantasied, farmstead, fasciated, fatheaded, feathered, fecundate, fecundity, federated, federates, feedstock, feedstuff, fermented, festooned, feticides, fetidness, feudalist, feudality, feudatory, fideistic, fidgeters, fidgeting, filtrated, finitudes, flatheads, flatlined, flattened, flattered, fledgiest, flittered, floodgate, floriated, flustered, fluttered, footnoted, foredated, foredates, forfeited, formatted, fortified, fortitude, foxhunted, fractured, fraughted, freighted, frittered, fumigated, fundament, furthered, gatefolds, godfather, gratified, headfirst, hotfooted, infarcted, inflected, inflicted, infracted, ingrafted, interfold, introfied, justified, leafleted, leftwards, lithified, metrified, misfitted, mortified, mystified, nitrified, outfabled, outfasted, outfawned, outfields, outfished, outfitted, outflowed, outfooled, outfooted, overdraft, perfected, petrified, piedforts, postfixed, presifted, putrefied, rectified, redefeats, redefects, redrafted, redshifts, reflected, refloated, refracted, refronted, regrafted, restaffed, restuffed, satisfied, softheads, steadfast, stiffened, stupefied, sufflated, surfeited, tackified, terrified, testified, threadfin, threefold, torrefied, torrified, tradeoffs, underfoot, unshifted, upshifted, vitrified.

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