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DEFTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skillful performance or ability without difficulty
Example:
he was famous for his facility as an archer
Synonyms:
adeptness; adroitness; deftness; facility; quickness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deftness" is a kind of...):
skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deftness"):
touch (deftness in handling matters)
dexterity; manual dexterity; sleight (adroitness in using the hands)
Derivation:
deft (skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands)
