Synonym: adept, apt, clever, expert, handy, ingenious, nimble, proficient, skillful. Antonym: awkward, clumsy, unskillful. Similar words: left, be left, left wing, defy, defuse, defect, deface, defile. Meaning: [deft] 
adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands. (61) He was a good workman himself, quick and deft, and it had always been a point of pride with him that no man should do any of his work for him or outwork him.
(62) In a deft and tough-minded performance, Vitali Churkin, 34, second secretary of the Washington embassy, offered little new information butacknowledged that the crisis was not yet over.
(63) Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.
(64) Moreover, Japanese have a high opinion of the physiological benefits of using chopsticks. They believe that using chopsticks leads to a clever mind and deft hands.
(65) Zhou, as always, was electric , quick , taut , deft, humorous.
(66) "I think maybe I wasn't sexy enough," the still sensuous Horne told Carson, with a sarcasm so deft, it could pass for airy banter.
(67) As such, she proved herself a deft crafter of tactics and negotiation aimed to contain or reduce the threat posed by America's enemies.