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   deft

   /dɛft/

   adjective

   • 1. neatly skilful and quick in one's movements: "a deft piece of footwork"
   • ▪ demonstrating skill and cleverness: "the script was both deft and literate"

   Word Origin Middle English: variant of daft, in the obsolete sense ‘meek’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deftness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • T

     1

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