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deftly

[deft-lee] / ˈdɛft li /




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Deftly styling a loud pant says you don’t need a remedial lesson in the ridiculous life here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Deftly walking the line between exploitation and control in “Honey Dont!,”

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

Deftly pulling her helmet onto her head, she describes the day's work.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022

Deftly avoiding the pitfalls of traditional ethnographic films, “The Last Forest” tells the story of South America’s Yanomami people — in their own voice and their own words.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Deftly she circled his waist, and then her own, with the length of supple vine.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry




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