Crossword clues for dexterity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dexterity \Dex*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F. dext['e]rit['e]. See Dexter.]
Right-handedness.
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Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
In youth quick bearing and dexterity.
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Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity to deliver himself.
--Bacon.He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity.
--Hallam.Syn: Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Middle French dexterité (16c.), from Latin dexteritatem (nominative dexteritas) "readiness, skillfulness, prosperity," from dexter "skillful," also "right (hand)" (source of Old French destre, Spanish diestro, etc.), from PIE root *deks- "on the right hand," hence "south" to one facing east (cognates: Sanskrit daksinah "on the right hand, southern, skillful;" Avestan dashina- "on the right hand;" Greek dexios "on the right hand," also "fortunate, clever;" Old Irish dess "on the right hand, southern;" Welsh deheu; Gaulish Dexsiva, name of a goddess of fortune; Gothic taihswa; Lithuanian desinas; Old Church Slavonic desnu, Russian desnoj). The Latin form is with the comparative suffix -ter, thus meaning etymologically "the better direction." Middle English dester meant "right hand," and in heraldry dexter means "on the right side."
Wiktionary
n. Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
WordNet
n. adroitness in using the hands [syn: manual dexterity, sleight]
Wikipedia
- redirect Fine motor skill
Dexterity refers to fine motor skills in using one's hands. The term may also refer to the following:
- Dexterity Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Dexterity programming language, used to customize Microsoft Dynamics GP software
- The dexterity attribute (ability score) of characters in various games, such as Dungeons and Dragons
- Dexterity, a video game for the Nintendo Game Boy
- Manuel and Manuella Dexterity, siblings from the Xombi comics
- Dexterity FC, Association Football team playing in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League
- Mental dexterity
- The title of a bebop song written by Charlie Parker.
- Or see dextrous or dextrose
Dexterity, known as in Japan, is a puzzle game by SNK that was released for the Game Boy in 1990. It is a game that consists of a square floor covered in seven rows and eight columns of tiles (56 tiles in total). The goal of the game is to flip all of the light tiles into dark tiles. There are several enemies as the level advances. The game has a total of 30 rounds.
Dexterity is a 1988 live album by the jazz pianist George Shearing recorded at the second Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival. The singer Ernestine Anderson appears on two tracks. Shearing and Anderson would later record the album A Perfect Match.
Usage examples of "dexterity".
I was astonished at the dexterity of my charming mistress in doing all this without the knowledge of anybody in the house.
After supper she held a bank, and I was greatly astonished when I saw her cheating with great dexterity.
He ate by means of his feet, dealt and played cards, and threw dice with the same members, exhibiting such dexterity that finally his companions refused to play with him.
Dogran himself discovered a hitherto unsuspected dexterity with fine wiring, and Falma Herk came to tower above him because she had a gift for grasping the principles underlying fluidic circuits.
He forced himself to drink an ordinary tea, and lingered over a, sweet milk pudding, in which there was only one questionable and lumpy substance, exceedingly bitter to the taste-but one could, with dexterity, pick the bits out.
They were dressed in guanaco skins, and carried lances twenty feet long, knives, slings, bolas, and lassos, and, by their dexterity in the management of their horses, showed themselves to be accomplished riders.
But craftsmen and workers and simple men of manual dexterity stepped in while engineers, led by the Italian and the American, took charge of the practical details, charging about with the gusto of youth, unstoppable in their enthusiasm.
Sylvester, himself mounted on a neatish bay, and accompanied by two of his friends, took in the situation in one amused glance, and dealt with it in a way that showed considerable dexterity and an utter want of consideration for Lord Yarrow and Mr.
My only answer was to resume laying my sword upon the scoundrel, while the Frenchman was shewing the same dexterity upon the back of his companion, but the two cowards took to their heels, and there was nothing for us to do but to sheathe our weapons.
Steve Josephson, who inserted the large phlebotomy needle into a vein with a dexterity belied by his thick fingers.
She had a bit of trouble getting her oddly shaped fingers to hit just the keys she wanted until Rafik made up a keyboard with spacings appropriate to her manual dexterity.
The dexterity of the spies, whom he sent into the Gothic camp, allured the Barbarians into a fatal snare.
However, I was delighted to see his dexterity in penmanship, which was undoubtedly very great, and I expressed my satisfaction to Viar, who soon left us to ourselves.
His hungry brethren cannot, without a sense of their own injustice, extort from the hunter the game of the forest overtaken or slain by his personal strength and dexterity.
I never get rid of him, and have to glide from my holoku into my gown with a most unwilling dexterity.