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deftness

/ˈdɛftnəs/

deftness noun: skilfulness, being quick in action.

Noun

deftness (usually uncountable, plural deftnesses)

  1. (usually) Skilfulness, being quick in action.
  2. (usually) The characteristic of being deft.

deftness meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

deftness in Tamil

கைத்திருத்தம்

deftness in Urdu

چالاکی, ہوشیاری, مہارت, مشاقی

deftness in Kannada

ಚತುರತೆ

Forms of deftness

pluraldeftnesses

Origin of deftness

From deft + -ness.

Questions about deftness

What does deftness mean?
Deftness means skilfulness, being quick in action.
What is deftness in Tamil?
Deftness in Tamil is கைத்திருத்தம். See Deftness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deftness?
Deftness is a noun.
How do you pronounce deftness?
Deftness is pronounced /ˈdɛftnəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of deftness?
The plural of deftness is deftnesses.

Words near deftness in the dictionary

  1. deftest
  2. defthanded
  3. defthandedly
  4. defthandedness
  5. deftly
  6. deftness
  7. deftnesses
  8. defucosylate
  9. defucosylated
  10. defucosylates
  11. defucosylation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deftness (page history and authors); deftness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deftness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deftness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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