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Definition of Manual dexterity
1. Noun. Adroitness in using the hands.
Generic synonyms: Adeptness, Adroitness, Deftness, Facility, Quickness
Derivative terms: Dextrous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manual Dexterity
Literary usage of Manual dexterity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Physics, Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical: Explained by Neil Arnott (1831)
"... that for the practice of general and obstetric surgery, learning and judgment
are of little avail unless accompanied by manual dexterity : and it is one ..."
2. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Their Sharpness of Vision.— Surprising local Memory. — Their manual Dexterity.—
Leather, Poniards, Carpets. — Jakut Gluttons.— Superstitious Fear of the ..."
3. Dynamic Factors in Education by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1906)
"... first stages in acquiring manual dexterity. manual system in coordination with
any other segment, or with the arm, or any part of the organism, ..."
4. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Thuir Sharpness of Vision.—Surprising local Memory.—Their manual Dexterity.—Leather,
Poniards, Carpets.—Jakut Gluttons.—Superstitious Fear of the ..."
5. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
".Success in the results is, after all, the thing to aim at, and no amount of
manual dexterity can compensate for its want. But it must not be supposed that ..."
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