deftness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deftness
Example Sentences
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Throughout his tenure, Greenspan displayed the deftness, nimbleness, and flexibility that earned him the moniker “Maestro.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The author has a gift for describing pristine lowland forests and the majesty of trees more than 1,000 years old, and equal deftness in showing the horror of their devastation by logging and fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Emecheta, with immense deftness and subtlety, provides a haunting and forceful attack on patriarchy, sexism and misogyny in Nigeria, and indicates how they taint and limit a nation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
And Borgli, who serves as his own editor, weaves them into the narrative with a deftness that confounds our sense of what is and isn’t really happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
His pronounced cranium indicates his future deftness with mathematics and mechanical things.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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