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adjective
- 1. showing or having skill, especially with the hands: "a dexterous keyboard player" Similar Opposite
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having the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands: a dexterous movement. Baseball players have to be fast and dexterous. Raccoons have highly dexterous front feet that are shaped like human hands. having the ability to think quickly and effectively or to do something difficult extremely well:
1. : mentally adroit and skillful : clever. her dexterous handling of the crisis. 2. : done with mental or physical skill, quickness, or grace : done with dexterity : artful. a dexterous maneuver. 3. : skillful and competent with the hands. a dexterous surgeon. dexterously adverb. dexterousness noun. Did you know?
1. skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body; deft. 2. having mental adroitness or skill; clever; quick. 3. done with skill or adroitness. [1595–1605; < Latin dexter right-hand, skillful + -ous]
adjective. 1. having or showing skill in the use of the hands or body. 2. having or showing mental skill.
To be dexterous is an essential trait for knitters and sleight-of-hand magicians. The adjective dexterous often refers to skill and agility with the hands, but it can mean any skillful or clever physical movement.
Definition of dexterous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 16, 2024 · dexterous ( comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous) Skillful with one's hands . Skillful in some specific thing. Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully. ( figurative, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful.
Having or showing mental skill. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Done with dexterity. A dexterous maneuver. American Heritage. Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully. Wiktionary. Synonyms: skillful. deft. artful. adroit. expert. agile. active. nimble. handy. smooth. right-handed. dextrous. facile. clever. slick.
A complete guide to the word "DEXTEROUS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Dexterous is still most often used to refer to manual or physical ability but can also refer to mental or social agility: a dexterous wood carver; dexterous management of a potentially embarrassing situation.
