The story becomes a deft blend of tragedy and comedy, such as when Depp, as Barrie, arrives at the Davies London home wearing a feathered American Indian war bonnet and carrying a quacking toy duck.
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Deft
Synonyms for "deft" (66 found)
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Related words (33)
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Translations
54 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изкусен adj (skillful)
- ло́вък adj (skillful)
- сръчен adj (skillful)
Cebuano
1 entries- maabilidad adj (skillful)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- çeber adj (skillful)
Czech
3 entries- hbitý adj (skillful)
- obratný adj (skillful)
- šikovný adj (skillful)
Dutch
1 entries- handig adj (skillful)
Esperanto
1 entries- lerta adj (skillful)
Finnish
2 entries- näppärä adj (skillful)
- taitava adj (skillful)
French
3 entries- adroit adj (skillful)
- compétent adj (skillful)
- habile adj (skillful)
Galician
1 entries- hábil adj (skillful)
Georgian
4 entries- გაწაფული adj (skillful)
- დახელოვნებული adj (skillful)
- მარდი adj (skillful)
- მარჯვე adj (skillful)
German
1 entries- geschickt adj (skillful)
Italian
2 entries- abile adj (skillful)
- solerte adj (skillful)
Latin
1 entries- dexter adj (skillful)
Latvian
1 entries- veikls adj (skillful)
Māori
4 entries- haratau adj (skillful)
- mākohakoha adj (skillful)
- mārehe adj (skillful)
- raka adj (skillful)
Persian
1 entries- چابک adj (skillful)
Polish
1 entries- zręczny adj (skillful)
Portuguese
2 entries- habilidoso adj (skillful)
- hábil adj (skillful)
Russian
3 entries- искусный adj (skillful)
- ло́вкий adj (skillful)
- мастерский adj (skillful)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- spretan adj (skillful)
Sicilian
1 entries- àbbili adj (skillful)
Slovak
1 entries- zručný adj (skillful)
Spanish
2 entries- diestro adj (skillful)
- hábil adj (skillful)
Swedish
4 entries- flink adj (skillful)
- händig adj (skillful)
- kvick adj (skillful)
- skicklig adj (skillful)
Telugu
2 entries- చాకచక్యము adj (skillful)
- నేర్పు adj (skillful)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вправний adj (skillful)
- спритний adj (skillful)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
He assembled it in one fluid, deft motion.
Source: wiktionary
Alvarez then got on the scoresheet after the hosts carved open the Huddersfield defence with some intricate passing before the Argentina forward's deft finish rolled into the net.
Source: wiktionary
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