Definition of dexterity

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Dexterity (n.) Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.

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Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus..
Dexterity :: Dexterity (n.) Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel..
Practice :: Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
Crafty :: Crafty (a.) Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Artisan :: Artisan (n.) One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.
Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
Facility :: Facility (n.) Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art..
Craft :: Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices..
Dexterousness :: Dexterousness (n.) The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
Inexpert :: Inexpert (a.) Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.
Ambidexterity :: Ambidexterity (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Ambidextrousness :: Ambidextrousness (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
Dexterity :: Dexterity (n.) Right-handedness.
Ambidexterity :: Ambidexterity (n.) Double-dealing.
Awkward :: Awkward (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy..
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Craft :: Craft (n.) Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade..
Adroitness :: Adroitness (n.) The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.
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