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
Clark is a gifted and nimble guitarist with a dexterously spiky playing style that contrasts with the moony smoothness of her voice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
For his part, conductor Christopher Rountree, the company’s new music director, led a performance that was dexterously alive to every twist, be it Handel’s, Darrah’s, Washington’s or the very individual singers’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
Autoworkers of color in a cutthroat economy provide the characters and premise of Morisseau’s well-made play, set in the plant’s employee break room and dexterously mounted on Studio Theatre’s Mead stage by director Patricia McGregor.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2017
“Nothing in the world,” was the reply; and, replacing the paper, I saw him dexterously tear a narrow slip from the margin.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
