dexterous

dexterous
    adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
           "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
           "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: {deft},
           {dexterous}, {dextrous}]
    

Dexterous \Dex"ter*ous\, 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.
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   2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients;
      expert; as, a dexterous manager.
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            Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit.
                                                  --Pope.
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   3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous
      management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." --Trench.

   Syn: Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready;
        apt; handy; versed.
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "dexterous":
      Daedalian, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, artistic, astute,
      authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean,
      clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, crafty, cunning, cute,
      daedal, deft, dextromanual, dextrous, diplomatic, easy, effortless,
      excellent, expert, facile, fancy, gifted, good, goodish, graceful,
      guileful, handy, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, lithe, magisterial,
      masterful, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted,
      no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, politic, professional,
      proficient, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, ready,
      resourceful, right-handed, scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted,
      shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim, sly, smart, smooth, some,
      statesmanlike, steel-trap, stylish, supple, tactful, talented,
      the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike