Deft, a.

a. [A-S. dæft, from dafan, gedæfan, to be fit or apt; Goth. daban, gadaban, to be fit.] Apt; fit; dexterous; neat. “The deftest way.” Shak. “Deftest feats.” Gay. The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. Dryden. Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.