dexterous
adjective
skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
dexterously
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a word derived from
dexterous.
Example Sentences
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Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Petitjean dexterously shifts from tracing Kahlo’s artistic and biographical trajectory to tracking his father’s progression from an associate at the Ethnographic Museum to a gallery assistant at Galerie Renou et Colle, where Kahlo exhibits.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2020
Robbins’s early style has been dexterously channeled by the choreographer Sarah O’Gleby in the City Center “High Button Shoes,” which is directed by John Rando.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2019
First and foremost, it’s an enthralling show that marries story and song as dexterously as “Fun Home,” “Hamilton” or this year’s Tony-winner, “The Band’s Visit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2018
Milton Stephanides, a twenty- year-old college student, stood at his own bedroom window, dexterously fingering his clarinet.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
