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Dexterous

//ˈdɛkstɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Skillful with one's hands.

    "She is pleasingly dexterous with the chopsticks, and keeps one hand lying palm up on her lap. Pinched with just the right pressure between the sticks; funny how plump women have that delicate touch."

  2. 2
    Skillful in some specific thing.

    "We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went without me."

  3. 3
    Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
  4. 4
    Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful; quick-witted. archaic, figuratively

    "1775, speech by Edmund Burke […] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands wordnet

Etymology

From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous. Displaced native Old English handcræftiġ.

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