Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deft \Deft\, a. [OE. daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid
   (cf. OE. daffe, deffe, fool, coward), AS. d[ae]ft (in
   derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to
   dafen, gedafen, becoming, fit, Goth. gadaban to be fit. Cf.
   {Daft}, {Daff}, {Dapper}.]
   Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or
   Poetic] ``The deftest way.'' --Shak. ``Deftest feats.''
   --Gay.

         The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. --Dryden.

         Let me be deft and debonair.             --Byron.

Source : WordNet®

deft
     adj 1: quick and skillful in movement
     2: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a
        deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous
        of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: {dexterous}, {dextrous}]