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wristy

a. Characterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements.

Usage examples of "wristy".

I aimed a wristy squash stroke that wrapped the leather round the back of his skull with a dull thwack.

He bent suddenly and took a quick swing, very wristy, and hit Meyer on the back of the right leg, just above the knee.

A few rapid, practised headwaiters pushed up the trolley with grandezza, did their deft juggle with silver lamp, copper pan, wristy stuff with half a dozen bottles, a sheet of flame immediately doused with a watery juice of Maggi and ketchup, and much flicking of napkins.

His coat, which was originally of a dark dull pepper-and-salt grey, had gone green at the seams and pockets, and moreover it was a ridiculously short skimpy coat for a gaunt big-boned man like this: it was hardly more than a jacket, his great wristy hands burst out of it like lengths of cordwood, and the mark of his high-humped narrow shoulders cut into it with a knife-like sharpness.