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Synonyms for dexterous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dek-struhs, -ster-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk strəs, -stər əs |
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Définition of dexterous
Origin :- c.1600, "convenient, suitable," formed in English from Latin dexter (see dexterity) + -ous. Meaning "skillful, clever" is from 1620s.
- adj ingenious, proficient
- A dexterous dab or two of that would have put an end to all his glory.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Trenton could not but admire the knowledge of these two men and their dexterous use of it.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- Many other dexterous and agreeable architectural artists we 33.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- A dexterous carver, would help half a dozen people in less time than is often wasted in making civil faces to a single guest.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- To depend on his horse's speed, and his own dexterous hand to guide him, was all his hope.
- Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
- He was far stronger than Mr. Dootleby, but not nearly so quick and dexterous.
- Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
- Her dexterous hands twisted her hair back into loose coils on her head.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- He was facile, ingenious, dexterous, everything but inspired.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- The Indians are dexterous in contrivances for that purpose, which we had not.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
- He was too powerful not to dread, too dexterous not to admire, too superior to hate.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
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