Tom is very dexterous.
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Dexterous
//ˈdɛkstɹəs//
Synonyms for "dexterous" (98 found)
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Related words (49)
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2 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 34 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- зру́чны adj (skillful with one's hands)
- спры́тны adj (skillful with one's hands)
- уме́лы adj (skillful with one's hands)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкусен adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- ловък adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- ловък adj (agile; flexible)
- находчив adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Catalan
1 entries- destre adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 機巧 /机巧 adj (skillful with one's hands)
- 靈巧 /灵巧 adj (skillful with one's hands)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- çeber adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Czech
3 entries- pružný adj (agile; flexible)
- zručný adj (skillful with one's hands)
- šikovný adj (skillful with one's hands)
Danish
1 entries- behændig adj (skillful with one's hands)
Dutch
4 entries- behendig adj (skillful with one's hands)
- behendig adj (agile; flexible)
- handig adj (skillful with one's hands)
- handig adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Esperanto
1 entries- manlerta adj (skillful with one's hands)
Finnish
4 entries- jäntevä adj (agile; flexible)
- ketterä adj (agile; flexible)
- kätevä adj (skillful with one's hands)
- kätevä käsistään adj (skillful with one's hands)
French
2 entries- adroit adj (skillful with one's hands)
- habile adj (skillful with one's hands)
Galician
2 entries- hábil adj (skillful with one's hands)
- áxil adj (agile; flexible)
Georgian
4 entries- გაწაფული adj (skillful with one's hands)
- გაწაფული adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- დახელოვნებული adj (skillful with one's hands)
- დახელოვნებული adj (skillful in some specific thing)
German
4 entries- agil adj (agile; flexible)
- behänd adj (skillful with one's hands)
- fingerfertig adj (skillful with one's hands)
- flexibel adj (agile; flexible)
Hindi
4 entries- कुशल adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- दक्ष adj (skillful with one's hands)
- दक्ष adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- दस्तकार adj (skillful with one's hands)
Italian
4 entries- abile adj (skillful with one's hands)
- abile adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- aggraziato adj (agile; flexible)
- agile adj (agile; flexible)
Japanese
1 entries- 器用な adj (skillful with one's hands)
Latin
2 entries- agilis adj (agile; flexible)
- pernix adj (agile; flexible)
Latvian
4 entries- veikls adj (skillful with one's hands)
- veikls adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- veikls adj (agile; flexible)
- vingrs adj (agile; flexible)
Macedonian
4 entries- вешт adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- спретен adj (skillful with one's hands)
- умешен adj (skillful with one's hands)
- умешен adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Manx
2 entries- aghtal adj (skillful with one's hands)
- aghtal adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Mapudungun
1 entries- trüf adj (skillful with one's hands)
Māori
1 entries- haratau adj (skillful with one's hands)
Old English
1 entries- handcræftiġ adj (skillful with one's hands)
Polish
4 entries- gibki adj (agile; flexible)
- umiejętny adj (skillful with one's hands)
- wprawny adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- zręczny adj (skillful with one's hands)
Portuguese
4 entries- habilidoso adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- hábil adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- hábil/habilidoso (com as mãos) adj (skillful with one's hands)
- ágil adj (agile; flexible)
Romanian
4 entries- abil adj (skillful with one's hands)
- abil adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- descurcăreț adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- îndemânatic adj (skillful with one's hands)
Russian
4 entries- ги́бкий adj (agile; flexible)
- иску́сный adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- ло́вкий adj (skillful with one's hands)
- ло́вкий adj (agile; flexible)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- felksibilan adj (agile; flexible)
- savitljiv adj (agile; flexible)
- vešt adj (skillful with one's hands)
- vješt adj (skillful with one's hands)
Slovak
4 entries- ladný adj (agile; flexible)
- zručný adj (skillful with one's hands)
- šikovný adj (skillful with one's hands)
- šikovný adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Spanish
4 entries- diestro adj (skillful with one's hands)
- diestro adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- diestro adj (agile; flexible)
- habilidoso adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Swedish
1 entries- händig adj (skillful with one's hands)
Turkish
4 entries- atik adj (agile; flexible)
- becerikli adj (skillful in some specific thing)
- eli çabuk adj (skillful with one's hands)
- hünerli adj (skillful in some specific thing)
Ukrainian
3 entries- згра́бний adj (skillful with one's hands)
- спри́тний adj (skillful with one's hands)
- умі́лий adj (skillful with one's hands)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I'm very dexterous.
Source: tatoeba (5860676)
The robotic hands are designed to be dexterous, soft and delicate like people.
Source: tatoeba (11121874)
Tom is dexterous.
Source: tatoeba (11952612)
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