Antonyms of deftly are clumsily, ineptly, rudely, or abruptly depending on context.
One would be "gradually". ABRUPTLY means to occur suddenly, unexpectedly, without warning, or in one complete action without intermediate steps. Example : "The boat turned abruptly, throwing him overboard."
Abruptly.
The antonym of the word 'synonym' is 'antonym'.
"If the sensor in one's car detects that a deceleration is too abrupt, it will deploy the air bag."
Antonyms of deftly are clumsily, ineptly, rudely, or abruptly depending on context.
One would be "gradually". ABRUPTLY means to occur suddenly, unexpectedly, without warning, or in one complete action without intermediate steps. Example : "The boat turned abruptly, throwing him overboard."
Abruptly.
He answered so abruptly, I almost missed it! The horse stopped abruptly.
Abruptly - "The song ended abruptly, without a proper ending."
Sam abruptly stopped swinging
The bus stoped abruptly.
A sentence with the word abruptly is: An earthquake happened abruptly, and not one person knew what had happened.
He abruptly stopped after he realized that he was not supposed to be doing that.
abruptly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly,
"The tram stopped abruptly after a bus drove in front of it." "Louise abruptly told Mark to stop being so silly." "Tessa abruptly declined Tom's invitation to dinner, because she did not like him."
When Max entered the room, Freddie abruptly turned and walked out.