Deft: alternatives and connections

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

The quality of being deft.

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The quality of being deft.

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Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Alt. of Dextrousness

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.