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Webster 1828 Edition
Dextrous
DEXTROUS
,Adj.
1.
Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual employment; adroit; as a dextrous hand; a dextrous workman.2.
Ready in the use of the mental faculties; prompt in contrivance and management; expert; quick at inventing expedients; as a dextrous manager.3.
Skillful; artful; done with dexterity; as dextrous management.