What is "deftest"

Usage examples of "deftest".

And deftest hand was he from foreign wars, But soon he hailed the home-bred yeoman mate.

Their deftest of tricks to their least She gathered in watch as she worked.

Saedrin curse it, but given the seriousness of this situation, Den Fellaemion had insisted on putting Guinalle and her deftest pupils aboard.

Now his deftest scheming served to keep him afloat but no more than that and he was contemplating the necessity to change his outlook and his goals, to completely revamp the way he worked.

Is an owned flaw in her consistency Men love to dub Dame Nature--that lay-shape They use to hang phenomena upon-- Whose deftest mothering in fairest sphere Is girt about by terms inexorable!