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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But on that album — and its lively, dexterously picked opening track — Wellington reclaims the instrument’s African origins while adding his own modern flair.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Meanwhile, the protean Jefferson Mays gave resounding theatrical voice to the panoply of eccentrics in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a solo tour de force dexterously directed by Michael Arden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
But Bortolameolli “kept his cool, delivering works by Saint-Saens and Dvorak while also dexterously navigating the audience's unfettered impulse for applauding between movements and sometimes kicking wine bottles down the stairs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2018
Within a few pages, private lives and public affairs are dexterously entwined, and from then on Renton’s nimble touch never fails.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 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
