Dexterity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dexterity \Dex*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F.
     dext['e]rit['e]. See {Dexter}.]
     1. Right-handedness.
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     2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease


        in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as,
        dexterity with the chisel.
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              In youth quick bearing and dexterity. --Shak.
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     3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers;
        quickness and skill in managing any complicated or
        difficult affair; adroitness.
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              His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity
              to deliver himself.                   --Bacon.
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              He had conducted his own defense with singular
              boldness and dexterity.               --Hallam.
  
     Syn: Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill;
          cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility;
          aptness; aptitude; faculty. See {Skill}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dexterity
       n : adroitness in using the hands [syn: {manual dexterity}, {sleight}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "dexterity":
     ability, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness,
     airmanship, aptitude, aptness, art, artfulness, artisanship,
     artistry, astuteness, braininess, bravura, brightness, brilliance,
     canniness, capability, capacity, clear thinking, cleverness,
     command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship,
     cunning, deftness, dexterousness, dextrality, dextrocularity,
     dextroduction, dextrogyration, dextrorotation, dextrousness,
     dextroversion, diplomacy, efficiency, effortlessness, esprit,
     expertise, facility, finesse, flair, genius, giftedness, gifts,
     grace, grip, guile, handiness, horsemanship, ingeniousness,
     ingenuity, keen-wittedness, keenness, knack, know-how,
     marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental alertness,
     mercurial mind, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness,
     nimbleness, nous, practical ability, proficiency, prowess,
     quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness,
     quickness, readiness, ready wit, resource, resourcefulness,
     right-handedness, rightness, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship,
     sharp-wittedness, sharpness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness,
     sleight, sleight of hand, smartness, smarts, smoothness,
     sprightly wit, style, tact, tactfulness, talent,
     technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill,
     technique, timing, touch, virtuosity, wit, wizardry, workmanship