Mr. Young is not a particularly deft or subtle chef, although he's inventive when it comes to sneaking Asian ingredients into the menu.

She wasn't particularly deft about it; Father's computer must have told him what she had done, and he came to see her almost within the hour.

Finally, the three are not particularly deft actors, though mostly they're playing themselves, for which they are perfectly cast.

Mr. Becker's portrayals of teen-agers are particularly deft.

A particularly deft technique of his involved having his secretary return a call at a time when he knew you were not available.

Patrick Roarke was considered one of Ricker's occasional tools, and not a particularly deft one.

The hydrogen cars initiative was a particularly deft touch for a president who has been hammered for his environmental policies.

His sentences are rarely metaphoric or rich, his dialogue is often unrevealing, and he's not a particularly deft handler of scenes.

"Iguana" is, in many ways, a difficult play by a master, a challenging work that requires a particularly deft directorial touch.

(Macintyre is particularly deft on the tawdry glamour of this period.)