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Meaning of 'dexterous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dexterous [ a.]
- Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
- Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
- Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.

Meaning of 'dexterous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dexterous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Example in sentence:
  • a deft waiter;
  • deft fingers massaged her face;
  • dexterous of hand and inventive of mind

Nearby Words:

dexter dexterical dexterity dexterously dexterousness dextrad dextral dextrality dextrally dextrer

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