1) little and pretty, neat ; also active : a deft man or thing. N.
2) clever. Old Plays, second edit. vol. v. p. 175.
DEFTLY. See Macbeth.
·adj Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A neat little man. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose