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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dexterous
    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]