Deftly in a sentence

Brooks’ direction masterfully navigated the deftly weighted script while getting fantastic performances out of the actors, culminating in a hilarious and heartbreaking film.

Brooks, who deftly detailed more than a dozen historical area figures, included the story of Judge Jesse Fell who in 1808 used an iron grate to ignite anthracite coal, fueling the industrial revolution.

But yet here he was, sitting in front of an eagerly-assembled English media, draped in Spurs garb and deftly discussing the future of Harry Kane.

Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and rest of the neocon gang surrounding Bush the Elder managed to deftly pull a “bait and switch” maneuver of no mean extent.

Ehlke founded Triple 5 Soul in 1989, creating bold streetwear pieces that deftly fused NYC’s hip-hop aesthetic with West Coast surf style.

In “Sardines,” Maine author Sashi Kaufman deftly navigates the difficult waters where middle grade fiction meets real life, neither pulling her punches nor settling for easy answers to achieve a happy ending.

It is rare to find a program that handles this content so deftly; where the incident is not fetishized or used as a means to distil character traits.

Jones continued to stamp her authority on the game, weaving through the defense to deftly assist an open bank shot for Iriafen.

Minasian deftly avoided any definitive statements about the Angels’ chances of keeping Ohtani beyond this summer.

Murray hustled the ball down the court and dished to Jokic, who deftly floated the ball to Gordon for an alley-oop jam — a scene that’s become quite familiar at Ball Arena.

Navigating the city using tenuous contacts from his father’s empire while under a frequent haze of drug use, Alejandro deftly seduces Jack before pulling the lost young man into his criminal mischief.

One takes place in the unmistakably Celtic-inspired woodland region of Scosglen, and the shock factor elicited by its body horror is deftly woven into the broader plot in a way that is signature to the series.

Powerfully acted and deftly told, is a brutal and theatrical deconstruction of marriage.

Richard Thorpe’s plot direction is deftly handled, with plenty of twists and turns that keep viewers guessing until the end.

R’ Jaffe deftly organizes all the background information, which is one of the biggest strengths of the book.

Rosen deftly moves from this kind of historical analysis to the deeply personal, from sobering to often funny, sometimes in the same paragraph.

The company Disney created appointed itself keeper of these traditions for Americans, spinning up fresh tales and (more often) deftly repackaging old ones to appeal to a new century.

All of these very different styles are handled deftly by showrunner Katie Robbins.

As Dauber so deftly explains, the line between the two realms can be frighteningly fine.

Damon has always chosen his projects deftly, increasingly balancing strong leading roles () with strong supporting turns ().