deftly
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As this film so deftly proves, beauty and artistry have survived.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
As the somewhat predictable plot unfolds, Ms. Brown deftly sketches the main characters: a genial Oxford don, a dog-loving manuscript expert, an elegant Austrian scholar, a pompous Princeton professor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
To eat it properly - deboning it deftly in the mouth - is, in his telling, almost a rite of belonging.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
She performs humble Christian motherhood with aplomb, her antisocial personality tucked away as deftly as the farmhouse kitchen’s off-camera dishwasher.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
She was eating slices of bread and jam, deftly cutting the bread from a large golden-brown loaf with a huge knife, then spooning on the purple jam with a wooden spoon.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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