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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dexterous \Dex"ter*ous\, adjective [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.
2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. --Pope.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dextrous \Dex"trous\, adjective, Dextrously \Dex"trous*ly\, adverb, Dextrousness \Dex"trous*ness\, noun Same as {Dexterous}, {Dexterously}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dextrous
adjective: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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