deftly
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We can practice doing it deftly, focusing on our genuine beliefs, fears, and hopes.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
Mr. Martin deftly and powerfully emphasizes how this brief experience of living in a largely nondiscriminatory environment “left the deepest impression” on the young King.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Lowery’s frenetic opening sequence deftly builds the film’s phantasmic framework.
From Salon • 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
Absorbed in his thoughts, he didn’t notice that one of the street people had detached himself from the others and was crossing the street, dodging cars deftly.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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