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Definition of Dextrous
1. Adjective. Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands. "Dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
Definition of Dextrous
1. a. Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.
Definition of Dextrous
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of dexterous) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dextrous
1. adroit [adj] - See also: adroit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dextrous
Literary usage of Dextrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... CLEVER, dextrous, SKILFUL. TO which might be added another pretty word well
taken into our language without alteration of ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... and for the manufacture, if fo it may be called, of leather, which they are
very dextrous in dripping of the hair, tanning, and then forming into large ..."
3. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"Did that alone suffice, who would live any other 1 But to accomplish these things,
the most dextrous mastery of the art is requisite, guided by .the ..."
4. The Story of the New England Whalers by John Randolph Spears (1908)
"... nor the activity of France, nor the dextrous and firm sagacity of English
enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the ..."
5. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"Nevertheless he excelled all his companions in mechanical skill, and was unusually
dextrous in the use of the turning-lathe. One or the most remarkable ..."
6. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... CLEVER, dextrous, SKILFUL. TO which might be added another pretty word well
taken into our language without alteration of ..."
7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... and for the manufacture, if fo it may be called, of leather, which they are
very dextrous in dripping of the hair, tanning, and then forming into large ..."
8. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"Did that alone suffice, who would live any other 1 But to accomplish these things,
the most dextrous mastery of the art is requisite, guided by .the ..."
9. The Story of the New England Whalers by John Randolph Spears (1908)
"... nor the activity of France, nor the dextrous and firm sagacity of English
enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the ..."
10. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"Nevertheless he excelled all his companions in mechanical skill, and was unusually
dextrous in the use of the turning-lathe. One or the most remarkable ..."
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