deftness

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He does so with a deftness and skill that is captivating, yet the stuff he makes is, by modern standards, totally useless.

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skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

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noun

skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deftness.

noun

skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

See also: adeptness, adroitness, facility, quickness

Example sentences

He does so with a deftness and skill that is captivating, yet the stuff he makes is, by modern standards, totally useless.

Also, the blogger skewers the exact pretensions of this class with hilarious skill and deftness.

The deftness with which Bitcoin has navigated that social dilemma is one of the most impressive things about it.

This was odd—mostly because I’d watched them debate countless other topics, newsworthy and not, with a proud deftness and alacrity,” the memo reads.

I guess that's because to express them in a language that doesn't have native support requires advanced deftness in typelevel programming.

Yes, their deftness at not being idiots with their money should be rewarded indefinitely, since it is such a huge contribution to our society.

This was odd—mostly because I’d watched them debate countless other topics, newsworthy and not, with a proud deftness and alacrity,”This is a nonsensical complaint.

Which I think is appropriate, because it's a blog about marketing that manages to market their blog about marketing with the kind of deftness I expect from my 8 year old daughter's rendition of Let it go.

This was odd—mostly because I’d watched them debate countless other topics, newsworthy and not, with a proud deftness and alacrity,”I'm not surprised countless of other topics are far safer conversation topics.