deft
adjective
deftest
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superlativeof deft.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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The skill with which Friedan connects the dots between the subjugation of intelligent, educated women and the ruthless, calculated mind-numbing agenda of consumerism turns out to be her deftest move.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
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
Each serving of pad Thai hor khai, made by the deftest street vendors, is wrapped in a silk-thin omelet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
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
They, together with a number of the newspaper editors, had a long interview with the heads of the Government and two or three military men, the deftest in their art that the country could furnish.
From News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance by William Morris
