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Webster 1913 Edition
Dexterity
1.
Right-handedness.
2.
Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts;
as,
. dexterity
with the chiselIn youth quick bearing and
dexterity
. Shakespeare
3.
Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a
dexterity
to deliver himself. Bacon.
Syn. – Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See
Skill
. Webster 1828 Edition
Dexterity
DEXTERITY
,Noun.
1.
Readiness of limbs; adroitness; activity; expertness; skill; that readiness in performing an action, which proceeds from experience or practice, united with activity or quick motion. We say, a man handles an instrument, or eludes a thrust, with dexterity.2.
Readiness of mind or mental faculties, as in contrivance, or inventing means to accomplish a purpose; promptness in devising expedients; quickness and skill in managing or conducting a scheme of operations. We say, a negotiation is conducted with dexterity.Definition 2024
dexterity
dexterity
English
Noun
dexterity (countable and uncountable, plural dexterities)
- Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
- Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity.
- She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity.
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- (role-playing games) Skill in using ranged weapons.
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Translations
skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
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