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Webster 1913 Edition
Dexterous
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
managerDexterous
the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope.
Syn. – Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed.