Apt, skilful, dexterous, clever or neat in action.

= deft, adj., skilful. Obsolete.

Of speech or action (hence of speakers or agents): Apt, apropos; smart, adroit. Of movements: Dexterous, graceful.

Deft or nimble of hands, neat-handed, ‘handy’; adroit, dexterous, or skilful in the use of the limbs and in bodily movements generally.

= dexterous, adj. Obsolete.

A 17th cent. variant of dexterous, adj.

Deft or nimble of hand, neat-handed; hence skilful in the use of the limbs and in bodily movements generally.

Graceful. Of a dress: Neat, well-fitting.

Of a woman, esp. from the manner of her dress: sinuous, slender, gliding; of a garment: close-fitting, as if moulded to the figure. In extended…