deft-handed

adjective

Manually skillful, smooth and quick.

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Meanings

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

comparative more deft-handed · superlative most deft-handed · alternative defthanded

  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

Origin

From deft + handed.

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APA

deft-handed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deft-handed

MLA

“deft-handed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deft-handed. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deft-handed,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deft-handed.

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