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comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous
Skillful with one's hands. quotations examples
She is pleasingly dexterous with the chopsticks, and keeps one hand lying palm up on her lap. Pinched with just the right pressure between the sticks; funny how plump women have that delicate touch.
1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 57
Skillful in some specific thing. quotations examples
We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went without me.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719
Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully. examples
(figurative, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful. quotations
[…] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […]
1775, speech by Edmund Burke