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Word: deftly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Usage:

...With her deft fingers knit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AS USUAL. | 10/15/1883 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "deftly" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.5307
1880s : 0.0713
1890s : 0.0320
1910s : 0.0950
1920s : 0.9169
1930s : 0.7303
1940s : 0.9853
1950s : 0.9846
1960s : 1.3214
1970s : 1.0742
1980s : 1.2554
1990s : 1.0540
2000s : 1.0643
2010s : 0.6798