dextrous

[ dek-struhs ]

adjective

1. dexterous.

dextrous

/ ˈdɛkstrəs /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of dexterous

Derived Forms

• ˈdextrously, adverb
• ˈdextrousness, noun

Other Words From

• dextrous·ly adverb
• dextrous·ness noun
• non·dextrous adjective
• un·dextrous adjective
• un·dextrous·ly adverb
• un·dextrous·ness noun

Example Sentences

The 10 songs clock in at just under 19 minutes, but this brevity highlights her dextrous ability to deliver a vibe in two minutes or less.

From Time

Octopus arms aren’t attached to a central skeleton, but they’re very dextrous and mobile, and they function on the same principles that your tongue does.

From Popular-Science

His style is quick, nervous, often slangy; he is wonderfully dextrous in hitting just the right word or phrase.

From Project Gutenberg

For, indeed, if the Infant govern the Nurse, what dextrous practice on the Nurse's part will not be necessary!

From Project Gutenberg

As handsome as Pierce, as affable as McKinley, he was a more experienced and dextrous politician than either.

From Project Gutenberg

The taster was to avoid, by means of some dextrous management, the taking of any portion of the fatal ingredients himself.

From Project Gutenberg

He caught the right, or knife hand, but the big fellow was as dextrous as he, even if he didn't look capable of such fast action.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• deft
• glib
• sharp
• shrewd
• skillful
• sly
• smooth
• sophisticated