dexterous

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Skillful with one's hands.

   “She is pleasingly dexterous with the chopsticks, and keeps one hand lying palm up on her lap. Pinched with just the right pressure between the sticks; funny how plump women have that delicate touch.”

2. sıfat Skillful in some specific thing.

   “We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went without me.”

3. sıfat Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
4. sıfat Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful; quick-witted.

   “1775, speech by Edmund Burke […] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […]”