Associations to the word «Deft»

Wiktionary

DEFT, adjective. Quick and neat in action; skillful

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats