Definition of "deft" []

• Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. (adjective)

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• "It referred to a deft turn of hand that transferred bad assets, or repainted them to make the books of the owner of said troubled assets look better."
• "Later comes a young greenkeeper carrying a very long, supple, tawny cane: he swishes it all over the circle of dewy grass in deft half-moons, sending up a shower of diamondy drops at every stroke."
• "Take Secretary Baker’s jawboning of the dollar since the Plaza Agreement of 1985, which he describes as the deft execution of bad policy."