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Dextrous

DEXTROUS

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Adj.
1.
Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual employment; adroit; as a dextrous hand; a dextrous workman.
2.
Ready in the use of the mental faculties; prompt in contrivance and management; expert; quick at inventing expedients; as a dextrous manager.
3.
Skillful; artful; done with dexterity; as dextrous management.

Definition 2024


dextrous

dextrous

English

Adjective

dextrous (comparative more dextrous, superlative most dextrous)

  1. Alternative spelling of dexterous, chiefly British.