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Synonyms:
- adeptness, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, masterfulness, experience, grace, wit, irony, rapidity, ease, prowess, ability, fluency, acuity, ingenuity, slickness, dexterousness, talent, artifice, wiliness, drollness, scurrility, agility, eloquence, snakiness, genius, celerity, flair, skill, mental quickness, astuteness, dexterity, artfulness, panache, rapidness, craftsmanship, aptitude, craft, canniness, mastery, smoothness, handiness, efficiency, cunning, sophistry, spryness, competence, trickiness, know-how, readiness, urbanity, technique, sleight, knack, art, sly, wariness, installation, guile, quick-wittedness, style, simplicity, speediness, sharpness, adroitness, craftiness, comedy, slyness, inventiveness, expertise, subtleness, subtlety, nimbleness, intellect, scintillation, cleverness, artistry, quickness, capability, finesse, facility, skillfulness, brilliance, resourcefulness, slipperiness, ingeniousness, effortlessness, proficiency, humor, expressiveness, shrewdness
Examples:
- - Everything that the doctor suggested she carried out with a deftness, a tenderness, a power of mind, which keenly affected his professional sense. - "Marcella", Mrs. Humphry Ward
- - Under his masterly guidance the feet of the least rhythmic were suddenly endowed with deftness and grace. - "Gigolo", Edna Ferber
- - " In that case," remarked Nora, with decision, " I'll not wait for him to come in to get the cabbage, but throw it out to him," and raising the window, thrust out the cabbage, which having caught with a deftness unexpected in a creature of its bulk, the beast retired a short space and proceeded to eat with every appearance of enjoyment. - "The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton", Wardon Allan Curtis
Antonyms:
- maladroitness, inefficiency, crudeness, ungainliness, inability, inefficacy, ineffectualness, inadequateness, ineffectiveness, gawkiness, inadequacy, ineptness, gaucheness, impairment, gracelessness, ineffectuality, disablement, incapability, incapacitation, ineptitude, incompetence, rudeness, amateurishness, awkwardness, clumsiness, artlessness, debilitation, incapacity, disability
