Word "DEFT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Synonyms:
dexterous, dextrous
Examples:
a deft waiter
deft fingers massaged her face

Crossword Clues for DEFT

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Handy, adroit (4)
It is clever of French to have short feet (4)
Skillful Newsday 16 Apr 2024
Does fate leave out every other expert? (4)
Clever person that set this up on time The Guardian Cryptic 12 Apr 2024
Clever person that set this up on time (4)
Cleverly skillful Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2024
Nimble, dexterous (4)
Skilful backing in efficient federal government (4)
Adroit, skilful
Handy but fed up? Have some tea!
Nimble lizard under bottom of shed (4)
Clever in movement
It's handy to be fed up before end of Lent (4)
Fed up after tea to find one so handy? (4)
Fed up before tea? But your so handy Andy? (4)
Clever defence disheartened newspaper The Telegraph Toughie 02 Feb 2024
Clever defence disheartened newspaper (4)
Exceptionally skillful
Adroit (4) Puzzler 16 Dec 2023
Adroit New York Times 29 Nov 2023
Nimble-fingered (rhymes with "left")
Cleverly skillful Universal 19 Nov 2023
Nimble Universal 15 Nov 2023
Skillful Universal 17 Oct 2023
Artfully nimble New York Times 01 Oct 2023
Dexterous LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2023
Skilled Thomas Joseph 01 Aug 2023
Extremely distinctive, fluent, skilful The Times Cryptic 07 Jun 2023
Neatly skillful, as a magician (rhymes with "left")
Dexterous Newsday 15 May 2023
Dextrous, skilful The Times Concise 13 May 2023
Adroit Universal 10 Apr 2023
Quick Family Time 27 Mar 2023
Skillful USA Today 21 Mar 2023
Highly skilled LA Times Daily 20 Mar 2023
Displaying remarkable skill New York Times 04 Feb 2023
Nimble Universal 09 Jan 2023
Skillful LA Times Daily 01 Dec 2022
Expert editor returning to newspaper The Times Cryptic 16 Nov 2022
Expert New York Times 06 Oct 2022
Nimble artist federation’s holding back The Times Cryptic 30 Sep 2022
Like a virtuoso New York Times 13 Aug 2022
Artful Premier Sunday 17 Jul 2022
Handled well New York Times 16 Jul 2022
Nimble-fingered (rhymes with "heft")
Skilled The Washington Post Sunday 30 Jan 2022
Slick The Washington Post 26 Jan 2022
Slick LA Times Daily 26 Jan 2022
Quick and skilful Irish Times Simplex 14 Jan 2022
Quick and skilful Irish Times Simplex 07 Jan 2022
Skilled Eugene Sheffer 15 Dec 2021
Skillful USA Today 20 Nov 2021
Nimble-fingered LA Times Daily 08 Nov 2021
Highly skillful Newsday 20 Oct 2021
Skilful The Telegraph Quick 19 Oct 2021
Neatly skilful The Times Concise 23 Sep 2021
Skilled Eugene Sheffer 15 Sep 2021
Dexterous or nimble (rhymes with "left")
Skillful Universal 09 Jul 2021
Dexterous USA Today 26 May 2021
Adroit New York Times 03 May 2021
Skilful line not seen in Dutch crockery
Skilful The Telegraph Quick 24 Mar 2021
Skillfully done Newsday 28 Feb 2021
Dexterous LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2021
Dexterous The Washington Post 26 Feb 2021
Skillful and clever Premier Sunday 21 Feb 2021
Quick and skilful Irish Times Simplex 09 Feb 2021
Highly skilled Newsday 02 Dec 2020
Skilled Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2020
Skilful lower socio-economic groups supported by newspaper The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Sep 2020
Skilled Eugene Sheffer 10 Aug 2020
Handy pottery, fifty on the shelf The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jul 2020
Dexterous The Washington Post Sunday 12 Jul 2020
Learner dismissed by pottery expert
Adroit Canadiana 27 Apr 2020
Nimble-fingered Newsday 02 Mar 2020
Nimble Scotsman's left resisting
Skillful USA Today 30 Dec 2019
Slick The Washington Post 29 Dec 2019
Sure-of-hand Newsday 06 Dec 2019
Nimble Newsday 29 May 2019
Handy having editor back on newspaper
Quick and effective line out of Dutch city
Expert gets fed up over time
Adroit The Guardian Speedy 05 May 2019
Nimble-fingered
Good with one's hands USA Today 07 Apr 2019
Nimble fingered
Skillful The Washington Post 24 Mar 2019
Skillful LA Times Daily 24 Mar 2019
Agile Universal 02 Mar 2019
Skillful
Agile
Good with one's hands
Clever lecturer forced out of China
Skillful and nimble
Synonym for "skillful"
Quick and neatly skilful The Times Concise 21 Sep 2018
Nimble LA Times Daily 30 May 2018
Nimble The Washington Post 30 May 2018
Skillfull Family Time 20 May 2018
Skillful Universal 29 Apr 2018
Cleverly artful Universal 27 Apr 2018
Skilful touch originally supplied from the right The Telegraph Toughie 03 Apr 2018
Handy The Telegraph Quick 22 Mar 2018
Skillful The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Mar 2018
Done, and fast, extremely skilful
Nimble-fingered
Displaying dexterity USA Today 05 Feb 2018
Nimble-fingered USA Today 27 Jan 2018
Nimble-fingered LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2018
Nimble-fingered The Washington Post 22 Jan 2018
Nimble-fingered
Skillful
Dexterous
Nimble
Nimble-fingered
Cleverly artful
Skillful
Displaying dexterity
Expert with poor marks on paper
Adroit The Chronicle of Higher Education 04 Aug 2017
Note the amphibian is adroit
Light-fingered Family Time 17 Apr 2017
He demonstrated such ___ skills on the football field
Adroit
Like a magician's hands LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2016
Skillful New York Times 03 Dec 2016
Highly skilled Wall Street Journal 11 Nov 2016
Adroit Universal 01 Nov 2016
Skillful Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2016
Democrat's taken on Socialists, there being no Liberal handy The Times Cryptic 22 Sep 2016
Quick Family Time 05 Sep 2016
Quick and dexterous The Times Concise 26 Aug 2016
Masterly Wall Street Journal 25 Aug 2016
Nimble Wall Street Journal 15 Jun 2016
Quick and skillful USA Today 31 May 2016
Highly skilled Universal 14 May 2016
Slick The Chronicle of Higher Education 29 Apr 2016
Cleverly skillful Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2016
Like a magician's hands New York Times 15 Feb 2016
Skillful
Like a magician's hands
Quick and skillful
Slick
Like a magician's hands
Adroit Newsday 12 Nov 2015
Nimble-fingered New York Times 06 Oct 2015
Nimble The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Oct 2015
Loss old company avoided, being skilful The Telegraph Toughie 07 Jul 2015
Hardly all thumbs LA Times Daily 14 Jun 2015
Handy, extremely distinctive organ, this one
Dexterous Universal 19 Jan 2015
Adroit
Dexterous
Adroit
Nimble
Highly skilled
Nimble
Highly skilled
Hardly all thumbs
Nimble-fingered
Skillful
Slick
Nimble-fingered
Adept
Dexterous
Adroit
Like close-up magicians
Sure-fingered
Nimble
Adept
Clever
Highly skilled
Far from clumsy
Magicianlike
Skilled
Good with one's hands
Highly skilled
Good at coin magic, say
Dexterous
Far from clumsy
Nimble
Agile
Agile
Like a jack-of-all-trades
Like a pickpocket's fingers
Adroit
Skillful
Handy
Quick and skillful
Quick and skillful
Handy
Like jugglers
Nimble-fingered
Light-fingered
Quick
Adroit
Dexterous
Nimble
Highly skilled
Like a handyman
Like a handyman
Adroit
Like a pickpocket's fingers
Artful
Adroit
Skillful
Slick
Artful
Nimble-fingered, e.g.
Like a dab hand
Skillful in movement
Slick
Adroit
Dexterous
Adroit
Slick
Dexterous
Nimble-fingered
Skillful
Adroit
Nimble-fingered
Like a pickpocket's fingers
Good with one's hands
Dexterous
Adept
Manually skilled
Highly skilled
Skillful
Nimble
Skillfully executed
Nimble
Skilled
Skillful
Skillful
Handy
Adroit
Handy
Nimble
Nimble-digited
Dexterous
Skilled
Skilled
Skillful
See 44 Down
Clever
Facile
Manually skilled
Capable
Skillfully executed
Handy
Having finesse
Like a croupier's hands
Expert
Resourceful
Like a prestidigitator
Like Houdini
Facile
Skillful.
Adroit.
Sure-handed.
Skilled.
Dexterous.
Workmanlike.
Apt.
Having finesse.
Expert.
Nimble.
Clever.
Handy.
Adept
Like a jack-of-all-trades
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