DEFTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deftness mean? 

• DEFTNESS (noun)
  The noun DEFTNESS has 1 sense:

1. skillful performance or ability without difficulty

  Familiarity information: DEFTNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Skillful performance or ability without difficulty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

adeptness; adroitness; deftness; facility; quickness

Context example:

he was famous for his facility as an archer

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)