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Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.

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  1. a. Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.
  2. adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  3. Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay. The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.
  4. Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic orPoetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay.The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden.Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.
  5. j:100 s. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands