DEXTERITY
\dɛkstˈɛɹɪti], \dɛkstˈɛɹɪti], \d_ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of DEXTERITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Right-handedness.
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Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
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Right-handedness.
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Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
By Noah Webster.
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Skill with the hands; physical skill; mental or physical adroitness; cleverness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Right-handedness: cleverness: readiness and skill: adroitness.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Expertness in using the right hand; ready expertness, due to practice, in the employment of mechanical or mental resources; adroitness; skill.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] Readiness and grace in physical activity;—activity and expertness of the mind; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness; expertness; ability; address; tact; cleverness; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty.
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costotransverse
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