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dexterous a. 灵巧的,用右手的 灵巧的,用右手的 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" [ synonym: { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. [ 1913 Webster] Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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