dexterous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dexterous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dexterous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dexterous adj skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" Synonym(s): deft, dexterous, dextrous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dexterous \Dex"terous\, a. [L. dexter. See {Dexter}.] [Written also {dextrous}.] 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 manager. Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. --Pope. 3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. [bd]Dexterous sleights of hand.[b8] --Trench. Syn: Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed.