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dexterous
Meaning: skillful and precise in physical movement
dexterous in a sentence
How dexterous is used in real sentences:
With dexterous fingers, the watchmaker repaired the tiny mechanism.
A dexterous surgeon guided the delicate instrument around the nerve.
“Vale, it emerged, was a dexterous copyist: under magnification, even his smallest highlights followed the old master’s confident wrist movements.”
— from the passage The Counterfeit Lesson
Synonyms for dexterous
Other words for dexterous — deft, nimble and adroit — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of dexterous
Words that mean the opposite of dexterous:
Where it comes from
From Latin dexter, meaning 'right-handed or skillful.'
Memory hook
DEXTER means 'right hand': dexterous hands move skillfully.