dexterity
Americannoun
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skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
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mental adroitness or skill; cleverness.
noun
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physical, esp manual, skill or nimbleness
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mental skill or adroitness: cleverness
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rare the characteristic of being right-handed
Other Word Forms
- nondexterity noun
Etymology
Origin of dexterity
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin dexteritās “readiness, skillfulness,” from dexter “skillful” + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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But there’s something about looking at a Jacob Lawrence painting that offers me the biggest inspiration in terms of the dexterity and freedom and elasticity of Black bodies in space.
From Los Angeles Times
Today editor Owenna Griffiths described Rajan as an "exceptional talent with a rare combination of intellectual dexterity, impressive breadth of interest and a brilliant sense of humour".
From BBC
Among the unsolved problems in robot design is that no one has created a robot with “human-like dexterity,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times
On the engineering side, it has proven difficult for Tesla to create a hand for the bot with both the sensitivity and dexterity of a human.
No wonder, then, that the film’s genre-hopping dexterity is laced with a hint of melancholy.
From Los Angeles Times
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