Dexterous \Dex"ter*ous\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]

2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. [1913 Webster]

Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

dexterous adj : 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, dextrous]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Dexterous \Dex"ter*ous\, a. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)