Dexterous

3 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dexterous
       adj : 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},
              {dextrous}]

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

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "dexterous":
     Daedalian, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, artistic, astute,
     authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean,
     clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, crafty, cunning, cute,
     daedal, deft, dextromanual, dextrous, diplomatic, easy, effortless,
     excellent, expert, facile, fancy, gifted, good, goodish, graceful,
     guileful, handy, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, lithe, magisterial,
     masterful, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted,
     no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, politic, professional,
     proficient, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, ready,
     resourceful, right-handed, scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted,
     shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim, sly, smart, smooth, some,
     statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, supple, tactful, talented,
     the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike