Deftness is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DEFTNESS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the quality of being deft
• The quality of being deft.
• skillful performance or ability without difficulty
• the quality of being deft, neatly skilful, and quick in one's movements.

Words related to DEFTNESS

deft8 deftnesses14

Words that contain DEFTNESS

deftnesses14

How to use DEFTNESS in a sentence

• Her hand had the cunning of the Swiss cheese-maker, and the deftness of the artist in butter moulding.
• And, inflamed by his enthusiasm, he wriggled out of the hands of the two seamen who had begun to bandage his head with a deftness learned in land combats.
• He had the renaissance quickness of assuming all parts, its love of wide and pretentious learning, its superficial scholarship, its social and political deftness and flexibility.
• He arranged it with his unobtrusive deftness in getting what he wanted out of a group of his fellow-beings, and she admired his skill, and leaned on it confidently.
• Yet, when he in turn approaches this natal subject, his pagan brush touches the canvas lightly, and all its deftness is given to the praise of Our Lady and Our Lord.
• The seamed and hardened fingers had come honestly by their deftness.
• Moreover, when the boy had a tool to handle he did it with a natural deftness, in spite of his ignorance.
• I was thankful for my Irish deftness of fingers as I stepped back to view the result of my labors.
• The idea is a happy one, and Miss Hanscom carries it through with great tact and deftness.
• As a rule such work requires only a small amount of manual skill or deftness.
• He cut the bread and butter, and made the tea with all the deftness of a woman.
• The Japanese contingent were mainly occupied with the fruit, possessing a peculiar deftness in pruning and caring for the prunes and apricots.
• In this boat was a single individual, using a paddle with the deftness of an American Indian.
• It was done with such incredible deftness that the American had no time in which to dodge the fearful missile.
• The men at the guns went through their work with the deftness and absence of confusion of high-class mechanics.
• One of the men gave him first aid with all the deftness and tenderness of a woman.
• He made his examination quickly, handling the girl with a surprising skill and deftness, in spite of his big clumsy-looking hands.
• The instrumental coloring is prismatic, all the registers of the strings being utilized with great deftness.
• Jack made it seem so easy that the boys were amazed at the deftness with which he steered the boat.
• Van Stuyler, being a woman of large experience and some social deftness, recognised that a change of subject was the easiest way of retreat out of a rather difficult situation.
• They had a deftness and a lightning energy, those fingers with their perfectly groomed nails, which boded little good to his opponents.
• When it came to receive the Stoddard herd, the deftness with which the two outfits classified the cattle was only short of marvelous.
• He followed her with the utmost composure, and when she stopped proceeded to divest her of her furs with the deftness of movement habitual to him.
• The deftness and charm of his literary style, combined with the absorbing interest of the story, can not but prove a delight to every reader.
• Nevertheless, though I admired their gentle deftness, I think that at that point of the discussion some forcible male element in me sided very strongly with old Banks.
• A little deftness on his part when in contact with them, would have made things easier all around.
• And afterwards he took a clean pair from the wardrobe and began to make the bed with all the deftness of a bachelor accustomed to that kind of thing.
• There was little she knew of her duties, but little, too, that she could not learn with a deftness and divination almost startling.
• But Neil saw only her soft, girlish beauty, and cared nothing for her deftness and thrift.
• All branches of the work, however, are alike in demanding a certain degree of artistic sense and deftness of manual touch.

Similar words containing FTNES without suffix s and without prefix de

daftness12 softness11 swiftness15 daftnesses14 deftnesses14 softnesses13 bereftness15 swiftnesses17 bereftnesses17

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