deftest
- superlative of deft.
Example Sentences
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HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country” is the deftest revival of a dead franchise I’ve seen in a long time, and “Dune: Prophecy” is an elegant extension of a cinematic phenomenon.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
I remember late in the day on the windswept Friday standing behind the 14th green as he conjured the deftest of chips to get up and down from another missed green.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
Jay Roach’s movie follows the tribulations—and exhausted triumphs—of Dalton Trumbo, one of the deftest of American screenwriters.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015
So Mr. Christie, among the deftest of politicians, took pains to put any tone of bullying aside.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2013
Shakespeare the actor was by the common consent of his enemies one of the deftest fellows that ever made use of other men's materials—'Convey, the wise it call.'
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
