dexterous

== English == === Alternative forms === dextrous (UK) === Etymology === From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) +‎ -ous. Displaced native Old English handcræftiġ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛkstɹəs/ Rhymes: -ɛkstɹəs === Adjective === dexterous (comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous) Skillful with one's hands. Skillful in some specific thing. Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully. Hypernym: graceful (figurative, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful; quick-witted. 1775, speech by Edmund Burke […] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambidextrous dexter dexterity ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== adroit active expert skillful clever able ready apt handy versed === Further reading === “dexterous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “dexterous”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “dexterous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Exoduster