The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deft \deft\ (d[e^]ft), 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.]
   1. Apt; fit; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest
      way." --Shak. "Deftest feats." --Gay.
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            Let me be deft and debonair.          --Byron.
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   2. dexterous; clever; handy; as, a deft feat of legerdemain.
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            The limping god, so deft at his new ministry.
                                                  --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "deft":
   Daedalian, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artistic, authoritative,
   bravura, brilliant, brisk, clean, clever, coordinated, crack,
   crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, dexterous, dextrous,
   diplomatic, excellent, expert, fancy, fleet, good, goodish,
   graceful, handy, ingenious, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat,
   neat-handed, nimble, no mean, politic, professional, proficient,
   prompt, quick, quite some, ready, resourceful, skillful, slick,
   some, statesmanlike, stylish, tactful, the compleat, the complete,
   virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike