deft-handed
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See also: defthanded
English
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[edit]deft-handed (comparative more deft-handed, superlative most deft-handed)
- Manually skillful, smooth and quick.
- 1937, Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile:
- Smooth-footed, deft-handed waiters ministered to the table. Toast Melba, butter, an ice pail, all the adjuncts to a meal of quality.