| His deft touch and ability to extract humour and absurdity from the ordinary extends beyond directing movies. |
| With a fine and deft delicacy, nature and landscape are imbued with a soft surrealism, edging towards an alchemic, almost spiritual symbolism. |
| On the roof of the cave deft hands had painted bison, elk, horses and wild boars. |
| With one deft stroke, he placed himself in charge of redrafting a new set of laws. |
| He was served plenty of deliveries which were straight and full, and he duly flicked them away with deft wristwork. |
| The two of them wrote the show from scratch, ensured they got all the best lines and threw in deft ad-libs as required. |
