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/dɛkstˈɛrəti/ /dɛkstˈɛrɪti/ Listen

noun

Dexterity n.

Right-handedness.

Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel. "In youth quick bearing and dexterity."

Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness. "His wisdom... was turned... into a dexterity to deliver himself." "He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity."

Synonyms: Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill.

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Etymology of 'Dexterity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... it impossible to hold her. The rope creaked and cried as it was dragged around the smooth snubbing-pile. Finally the end was drawn so close that Captain Marsh was in danger of jamming his hands. At once, with inconceivable dexterity and quickness, he cast loose, ran forward, wrapped the line three times around another pile farther on and braced his short, sturdy legs against the post for a trial of strength. Here the heavy, slow surge of the tug ...

— The Adventures of Bobby Orde • Stewart Edward White

... cheered up and reassured. For this purpose she sent Pyotr Stepanovitch to him in the hope that he would relieve his depression by some means of consolation best known to himself, perhaps by giving him some information, so to speak, first hand. She put implicit faith in his dexterity. ...

— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

... influence of Mr. Salt, the British Consul, was employed to remove from Thebes, and ship for England, the colossal bust commonly called the Young Memnon. His knowledge of mechanics enabled him to accomplish this with great dexterity, and the head, now in the British Museum, is one of the finest specimens ...

— A Publisher and His Friends • Samuel Smiles

... organs, such as this being very obviously did have—organs very much like his own. But there were only two, which argued that the being lacked dexterity. The organs for walking were encased in protective clothing too stiff to allow them to ...

— Anything You Can Do ... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... and the marks of the slaughter obliterated or concealed with such ready dexterity, as showed that the case was not altogether so uncommon, as to paralyze the assistants and ...

— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 • Ministry of Education

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