dexterous

Speech parts

1. dexterous - Adjective

2. dexterous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.

Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

able handy expert clever skillful apt deft adroit dextrous dexter nim there good active mean
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Antonyms

dowdy common heavy ungainly tawdry slipshod
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Related terms

dexter dexterity ambidextrous

Phrases with the word

dexterous person less dexterous more dexterous

Anagrams

Exoduster

Examples

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) Dr. Seuss

No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We've got too many dexterous drudges as it is. Jan Neruda

The Chinese in themselves have first rate recommendations. They are industrious, docile, cleanly, frugal. They are dexterous of hand, patient in toil, marvelously gifted in the power of imitation, and have but few wants. Frederick Douglass

a deft waiter Source: Internet

deft fingers massaged her face Source: Internet

dexterous of hand and inventive of mind Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dexter chief dexterical dexterity dexterous person dexterously dexterousness