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dextrous

dext·rous

US/ˈdɛkstrʌs/ uncommon uk

adjective

1.

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

  • “a deft waiter”
  • “deft fingers massaged her face”
  • “dexterous of hand and inventive of mind”
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See dexterous.

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