"dexterous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛkstɹəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dexterous.wav , En-us-dextrous.ogg Forms: more dexterous [comparative], most dexterous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkstɹəs Etymology: From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous. Displaced native Old English handcræftiġ. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{suf|en|dexter|ous|lang1=la|t1=right, ready}} Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous, {{ncog|ang|handcræftiġ}} Old English handcræftiġ Head templates: {{en-adj}} dexterous (comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous)
  1. Skillful with one's hands. Translations (skillful with one's hands): спры́тны (sprýtny) (Belarusian), зру́чны (zrúčny) (Belarusian), уме́лы (umjély) (Belarusian), сръчен (srǎčen) (Bulgarian), умел (umel) (Bulgarian), 機巧 (Chinese Mandarin), 机巧 (jīqiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈巧 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵巧 (língqiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), zručný (Czech), šikovný (Czech), behændig (Danish), handig (Dutch), behendig (Dutch), manlerta (Esperanto), kätevä (Finnish), näppärä (Finnish), kätevä käsistään (Finnish), adroit (French), habile (French), hábil (Galician), მარჯვე (marǯve) (Georgian), მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli) (Georgian), დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli) (Georgian), გაწაფული (gac̣apuli) (Georgian), ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri) (Georgian), behänd (German), geschickt (German), fingerfertig (German), दस्तकार (dastakār) (Hindi), destro (Italian), abile (Italian), ingegnoso (Italian), 器用な (kiyō na) (alt: きような) (Japanese), veikls (Latvian), спретен (spreten) (Macedonian), умешен (umešen) (Macedonian), aghtal (Manx), haratau (Maori), trüf (Mapudungun), handcræftiġ (Old English), zręczny (Polish), umiejętny (Polish), hábil/habilidoso (com as mãos) (Portuguese), abil (Romanian), îndemânatic (Romanian), ло́вкий (lóvkij) (Russian), прово́рный (provórnyj) (Russian), уме́лый (umélyj) (Russian), вешт [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), вјешт [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vešt [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vješt [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zručný (Slovak), šikovný (Slovak), diestro (Spanish), hábil (Spanish), habiloso (Spanish), händig (Swedish), eli çabuk (Turkish), спри́тний (sprýtnyj) (Ukrainian), згра́бний (zhrábnyj) (Ukrainian), умі́лий (umílyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dexterous-en-adj-pTILkzhv Disambiguation of "skillful with one's hands": 83 7 1 9
  2. Skillful in some specific thing. Translations (skillful in some specific thing): ловък (lovǎk) (Bulgarian), сръчен (srǎčen) (Bulgarian), умел (umel) (Bulgarian), изкусен (izkusen) (Bulgarian), находчив (nahodčiv) (Bulgarian), destre (Catalan), çeber (Crimean Tatar), handig (Dutch), taitava (Finnish), დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli) (Georgian), ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri) (Georgian), გაწაფული (gac̣apuli) (Georgian), geschickt (German), gewandt (German), tüchtig (German), abile (Italian), svelto (Italian), veikls (Latvian), умешен (umešen) (Macedonian), вешт (vešt) (Macedonian), aghtal (Manx), zręczny (Polish), wprawny (Polish), hábil (Portuguese), habilidoso (Portuguese), abil (Romanian), descurcăreț (Romanian), уме́лый (umélyj) (Russian), иску́сный (iskúsnyj) (Russian), šikovný (Slovak), habilidoso (Spanish), diestro (Spanish), habiloso (Spanish), hábil (Spanish), becerikli (Turkish), hünerli (Turkish), mahâhretli (Turkish), mâhir (Turkish), mârifetli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dexterous-en-adj-TBUIlafr Disambiguation of 'skillful in some specific thing': 9 81 1 10
  3. Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully. Translations (agile; flexible): ловък (lovǎk) (Bulgarian), pružný (Czech), behendig (Dutch), ketterä (Finnish), jäntevä (Finnish), áxil (Galician), მკვირცხლი (mḳvircxli) (Georgian), მარდი (mardi) (Georgian), მოძრავი (moʒravi) (Georgian), ცოცხალი (cocxali) (Georgian), agil (German), flexibel (German), flink (German), gewandt (German), agile (Italian), aggraziato (Italian), agilis (Latin), pernix (Latin), veikls (Latvian), vingrs (Latvian), zręczny (Polish), gibki (Polish), ágil (Portuguese), ло́вкий (lóvkij) (Russian), ги́бкий (gíbkij) (Russian), savitljiv (Serbo-Croatian), felksibilan (Serbo-Croatian), ladný (Slovak), diestro (Spanish), atik (Turkish), çevik (Turkish)
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  4. (figurative, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-dexterous-en-adj-2wNSY77U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dextrous [British]

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
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          "word": "दस्तकार"
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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "destro"
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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "haratau"
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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "zręczny"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "umiejętny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "hábil/habilidoso (com as mãos)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "abil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "îndemânatic"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lóvkij",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "ло́вкий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "provórnyj",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "прово́рный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umélyj",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "уме́лый"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
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          "word": "вешт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "вјешт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vešt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vješt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "zručný"
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          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "šikovný"
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          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "diestro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "hábil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 7 1 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "skillful with one's hands",
          "word": "habiloso"
        },
        {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "wprawny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "hábil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "habilidoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "abil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "descurcăreț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umélyj",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "уме́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskúsnyj",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "иску́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "šikovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "habilidoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "diestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "habiloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "hábil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "becerikli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "hünerli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "mahâhretli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "mâhir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "skillful in some specific thing",
      "word": "mârifetli"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lovǎk",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ловък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "pružný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "behendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ketterä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "jäntevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "áxil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mḳvircxli",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "მკვირცხლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mardi",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "მარდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moʒravi",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "მოძრავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cocxali",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ცოცხალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "agil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "flexibel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "flink"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "gewandt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "agile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "aggraziato"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "agilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "pernix"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "veikls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "vingrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "zręczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "gibki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ágil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóvkij",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ло́вкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gíbkij",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ги́бкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "savitljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "felksibilan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "ladný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "diestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "atik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "agile; flexible",
      "word": "çevik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dexterous"
}

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