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Definition of Dexterity

1. Noun. Adroitness in using the hands.

Definition of Dexterity

1. n. Right-handedness.

Definition of Dexterity

1. Noun. Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dexterity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Dexterity

1. 1. Right-handedness. 2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel. "In youth quick bearing and dexterity." (Shak) 3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness. "His wisdom . . . Was turned . . . Into a dexterity to deliver himself." (Bacon) "He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity." (Hallam) Synonym: Adroitness, activity, nimbleness, expertness, skill, cleverness, art, ability, address, tact, facility, aptness, aptitude, faculty. See Skill. Origin: L. Dexteritas, fr. Dexter: cf. F. Dexterite. See Dexter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dexterity

Literary usage of Dexterity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theory of Politics: An Inquiry Into the Foundations of Governments, and the by Richard Hildreth (1854)
"Skill, dexterity, or Art. NEXT to strength, as a natural -and primary source of inequality among men, may be placed inequalities of SKILL, dexterity, ..."

2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"to play upon it; and I used it with such dexterity of hand and tongue that my father, coming suddenly upon me, blessed me a thousand times, exclaiming that ..."

3. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"I determine to go over to the continent—Friday and I construct a boat equal to carry twenty men—His dexterity in managing her—Friday brings intelligence of ..."

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