Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A corrupt form of
deftly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Deftly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Obsolete form of
deftly .
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Examples
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With Rep. Pete King's hearings into Muslim radicalization set to kick off tomorrow, his previous support for the Irish Republican Army gets major treatment from the New York Times, and it's a great read that defly reveals the profound depths of King's buffoonery.
The Morning Plum 2011
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* But David Dayen says Obama defly tossed the ball into the GOP's court.
Happy Hour Roundup 2010
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The robbers tripped them defly to the ground and tied their legs together, too.
The Secret of Killimooin Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1943
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The Tories may be the political nemesis as far as I'm concerned but if they can pick their way defly through these cuts and bring us to clear waters than I'm on their side too.
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On Moreau's breakaway, he defly deked Hiller, looking anything like a guy who had a 35-game scoring drought.
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On Moreau's breakaway, he defly deked Hiller, looking anything like a guy who had a 35-game scoring drought.
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The crowd favorite was this headdress, defly handled despite the light breeze.
blogdowntown: Life in Downtown Los Angeles (Stories+Headlines) 2008
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How far it will be for the advantajre of the Proprietors, that Government fhould ilill proceed in narrowing the bounds of the Company's authority, I will not now enquire: but thofe who think farther limitations difadvantageous, will, in my humble opinion, find that the moft effeftual method to prerent them, will be by ufing the power they flill poffefs, with jufticc and humanity towards thofe they call their fubjefts in India; and with mo - defly and obedience to thofe whom they ought to confider as their Rulers in Great JBritain.
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