He is a robot, made instead of plastic, metal and computer circuitry, and capable of deftly simulating emotions, of a wide range of doglike behaviors -- minus the growling and snapping -- and of keeping a roomful of children (and adults) absolutely rapt.
In The Underground Is Massive, however, Matos proves himself capable of deftly evoking the music he's discussing – sample his early description of "Acid Tracks" by Phuture as "pure machine music with an obviously human touch, constantly warping... Twelve minutes of a machine eating its own wires, the 303 gibbering away over drum machine, hand claps, and referee's whistle".
Barbara smiles and deftly changes the subject.
In theory, every architect has the same technological resources at their disposal, but in practice few are capable of using them as deftly as Hadid.
Christina Saraceno of Allmusic noted that Lavigne "handles a variety of styles deftly", while also complimenting her as "a capable songwriter with vocal chops".
To see these charismatic leading men, so capable of holding the stage, switching so deftly to low status, is to see the arbitrariness of class privilege.
The role of high technology — in this case a matter of a crude compass and ships capable of navigating violently churning oceans as deftly as shallow inland rivers — is a particularly germane facet of "Vikings," lending the series an unexpected resonance in today's society grappling with the cyberfrontier.
A gaping maw looks capable of swallowing motorcycles whole, but is deftly sculpted into the surrounding fascia.
But true love it is, deftly and heartbreakingly captured by Jacobi and Reid, performers capable of doing more with a startled look or careful smile than most actors can do in seven pages of dialogue.
But Mr. Brown has surprised the country in the three months since he became prime minister, both by demonstrating that he is capable of telling the occasional joke and by deftly handling a series of crises, including a thwarted terrorist bombing and the worst flooding to strike Britain in more than 150 years.
