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deft-handed

deft-handed adjective: manually skillful, smooth and quick.

Adjective

deft-handed (comparative more deft-handed, superlative most deft-handed)

  1. Manually skillful, smooth and quick.
    • Smooth-footed, deft-handed waiters ministered to the table. Toast Melba, butter, an ice pail, all the adjuncts to a meal of quality.1937, Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile

Forms of deft-handed

comparativemore deft-handed
superlativemost deft-handed
alternative formdefthanded

Origin of deft-handed

From deft + handed.

Words formed from deft-handed

Questions about deft-handed

What does deft-handed mean?
Deft-handed means manually skillful, smooth and quick.
What part of speech is deft-handed?
Deft-handed is an adjective.

Words near deft-handed in the dictionary

  1. defrutum
  2. defs
  3. defs.
  4. DEFSMAC
  5. deft
  6. deft-handed
  7. deft-handedly
  8. deft-handedness
  9. defter
  10. defterdar
  11. defterdars

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