1.
[syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dexterous \Dex"ter*ous\, a. [L. dexter. See Dexter.] [Written
also dextrous.]
1. 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.
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2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients;
expert; as, a dexterous manager.
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Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit.
--Pope.
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3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous
management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." --Trench.
Syn: Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready;
apt; handy; versed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dextrous \Dex"trous\, a., Dextrously \Dex"trous*ly\, adv.,
Dextrousness \Dex"trous*ness\, n.
Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dextrous
adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
"a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
"dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft,
dexterous, dextrous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "dextrous":
Daedalian, adept, adroit, apt, artistic, authoritative, bravura,
brilliant, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning,
cute, daedal, deft, dexterous, dextromanual, diplomatic, excellent,
expert, fancy, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious,
magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, no mean, politic,
professional, proficient, quick, quite some, ready, resourceful,
right-handed, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish,
tactful, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done,
workmanlike