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dexterous

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FromLatindexter(right, ready) +‎-ous. Displaced nativeOld Englishhandcræftiġ.

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dexterous (comparativemoredexterous,superlativemostdexterous)

  1. Skillful with one'shands.
    • 1960,John Updike,'Rabbit, Run', page57:
      She is pleasinglydexterous 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. Skillful in some specific thing.
  3. Agile;flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
    Hypernym:graceful
  4. (figurative, archaic) Skilled atargumentation; mentally skillful.
    • 1775, speech by Edmund Burke
      [] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive,dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense []

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skillful with one's hands
skillful in some specific thing
agile; flexible

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