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Deftly vs Defly - What's the difference?

deftly | defly |

As adverbs the difference between deftly and defly

is that deftly is in a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action while defly is obsolete form of deftly.

deftly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.

    • Synonyms

    * skillfully

    Antonyms

    * unskillfully

    defly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)