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dextrous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective dextrous has 1 sense
- dextrous(s = adj.all) deft, dexterous - skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" Derived form noun dexterity1
THESAURUS
dextrous
Daedalian, adept, adroit, apt, artistic, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, dexterous, dextromanual, diplomatic, excellent, expert, fancy, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, no mean, politic, professional, proficient, quick, quite some, ready, resourceful, right-handed, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish, tactful, the compleat, the complete, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike
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