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Definition: Deftness |
DeftnessNoun1. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deftness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
Synonyms: DeftnessSynonyms: adeptness (n), adroitness (n), facility (n), quickness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Deftness |
| English words defined with "deftness": touch. (references) |
| "Deftness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deftness" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deftness | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deftness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkathtësi (adroitness, agility, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, dexterity, facility, jugglery, legerity, lubricity, refractoriness, resourcefulness, sagacity, skill, smartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أناقة (chic, daintiness, elegance, fineness, finery, neatness, richness, smartness, sophistication, sport, style, stylishness, suavity), رشاقة (agility, alacrity, fluency, fluidity, gracefulness, graciousness, lightness, liveliness, nimbleness, quickness, readiness, sleight of hand, swiftness, thinness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сръчност (accomplishment, address, agility, dexterity, facility, hand, handicraft, knack, readiness, skill, technic, technique), пъргавина (activity, alacrity, alertness, quickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obratnost (adroitness, dexterity, facility, finesse, readiness), fortel (dexterity, knack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dextérité (dexterity), habileté (dexterity), adresse (dexterity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewandtheit (accomplishment, adroitness, agility, cleverness, dexterity, dexterousness, elegance, eloquence, expertness, facility, glibness, handiness, neatness, nimbleness, savoir faire, skilfulness, skillfulness, suaveness, suavity, urbanity), Geschick (aptness, cunning, destiny, expertise, fate, finesse, fortune, handicraft, handiness, knack, luck, nimbleness, skill, skillfulness, skills, swankiness), flinkheit (briskness, nimbleness, quickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτηδειότησ (cunning, handiness, skill, skillfulness, sleight), επιτηδειότητα (cunning, dexterity, handiness, skill, skillfulness, sleight, suitability), επιδεξιότητα (ability, adroitness, capability, cleverness, dexterity, skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jártasság (craft, cunning, familiarity, neatness, proficiency, routine, skill), ügyesség (accomplishment, address, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, cleverness, craftwork, dexterity, efficiency, expertness, facility, faculty, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knowingness, labour skill, mastery, neatness, skilfulness, skill, slickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sveltezza (agility, briskness, nimbleness, quickness, speed, swiftness), lestezza (quickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeshid laue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eftnessday abilitate (ability, address, adroitness, aptness, art, cleverness, competence, craft, cunning, finesse, genius, knack, resourcefulness, skill, talent), îndemânare (ability, address, adroitness, art, craft, dexterity, dexterousness, hand, handiness, skill, sleight, sportsmanship, workmanship). (various references) ловкость (address, adroitness, agility, artfulness, cleverness, craft, dexterity, finesse, hand, knack, light hand, shiftiness, sleight, smartness), проворство (agility, dexterity, legerity, lightness). (various references) spretnost (adroitness, dexterity, handiness, proficiency). (various references) habilidad (ability, address, adroitness, aptitude, aptness, artifice, capacity, cleverness, competence, competency, expertise, facility, habitably, know how, neatness, possibility, proficiency, prowess, savoir faire, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, sleight), agilidad (accomplishment, adroitness, agility, dexterousness, expertness, lightning, nimbleness, quickness, readiness, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness). (various references) skicklighet (address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artifice, capability, cleverness, cunning, dexterity, expertise, expertness, faculty, fineness, ingenuity, knack, proficiency, prowess, savoir faire, skill, skills), händighet (dexterity, legerity), flyhänthet (facility, quickness), flinkhet (facility, legerity). (various references) ustalık (art, artfulness, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertness, facility, feat, finesse, hand, handiness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, masterliness, mastership, mastery, perfection, proficiency, skill, sleight, subtility, subtlety, virtuosity, wizardry, workmanship), maharet (artfulness, dexterity, savoir faire, skill), hüner (address, adroitness, art, attainments, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, ingenuity, skill, stunt), beceri (ability, accomplishment, accomplishments, address, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, attainments, craft, cunning, dexterity, faculty, feat, finesse, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, know how, resource, savoir faire, science, skill, sleight, wizardry). (various references) спритність (ability, activity, adroitness, agility, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, readiness, sleight), вправність (address, adroitness, artfulness, competence, competency, craft, efficiency, neatness, sharpness, subtlety), моторність (adroitness, agility, alertness, celerity, dexterity, nimbleness). (various references) sự khéo tay (adroitness, cunning, dexterity, skill, sleight), sự khéo léo (adroitness, craftsmanship, delicacy, dexterity, finesse, savoir faire, skill), kỹ xảo (skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deftness": deftnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Deftness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debtness, defness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "deftness" (pronounced 'Deft"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Paleness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tameness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: densest. | |
-2 letters: fessed, nested, sensed, steeds, tensed, tenses. | |
-3 letters: deets, denes, dense, dents, feeds, fends, fesse, feted, fetes, needs, nests, seeds, sends, sense, sente, sneds, steed, teens, tends, tense. | |
-4 letters: dees, deet, deft, dene, dens, dent, efts, ends, eses, feds, feed, fees, feet, fend, fens, fess, fete, fets, need, ness, nest, nets, seed, seen, sees, send, sene, sent, sets, sned, teds, teed, teen, tees, tend, tens. | |
-5 letters: dee, den, eds, efs, eft, end, ens, ess, fed, fee, fen, fet, nee, net, see, sen, set, ted, tee, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: fetidness. | |
+2 letters: daftnesses, deftnesses, giftedness. | |
+3 letters: disbenefits, disinfested, fetidnesses, fidgetiness, fieldstones. | |
+4 letters: affectedness, definiteness, draftinesses, femtoseconds, giftednesses. | |
+5 letters: deceitfulness, defectiveness, defenestrates, differentness, dutifulnesses, fatheadedness, fidgetinesses, interdiffuses, misidentifies, steadfastness, subinfeudates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 74 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. - -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01110100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f t n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 0074 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871728680718585 |
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