Making and creating
Synonyms for deftly
Synonyms for deftly: adroitly and nimbly. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for deftly
Interchangeable with deftly in this sense
Audited under deftly's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one deftly carries in that sense.
- adroitlyadverb, in the sense "with skill and quickness"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name deftly as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- nimblynimbly is an adverb in the sense "in a quick, light, and skillful way"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under deftly and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
with skill and quickness
The chef deftly plated each dessert with a swirl of chocolate sauce.
The true synonym
adroitly
Same sentence, swapped: The chef adroitly plated each dessert with a swirl of chocolate sauce.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for deftly in the sentence quoted.
- clumsily
- slowly
- nervously
Where deftly turns up in the game
deftly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where deftly is the trap
- liberallyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is generously, in the sense "in generous or abundant amounts", and deftly is on the board beside it.
Play deftly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so deftly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because making and creating is the company deftly keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. deftly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.