deftly

Example Sentences

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Father, his jeweler’s glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting an infinitesimal part from the array before them on the workbench.

From Literature

Combined with its deftly collaborative offense, one can only imagine the heights this team can reach.

From Los Angeles Times

Her buckskin jerkin and leggings were scruffy, but her bow and quiver were beautiful, the arrows deftly fletched with owl feathers for silent flight.

From Literature

She nods, her fingers deftly producing a shirt with little brass buttons shaped like anchors.

From Literature

“Kin” deftly alternates points of view between Vernice and Annie, narrating events by way of a vernacular that would be at home on a front porch rocking chair.

From Los Angeles Times