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# dexterous

«dexterous» in Mova's school dictionary: **skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (also spelled dextrous)

### meaning for a pupil

Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dexterous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a nimble helper or a craftsman does clever work with fingers or tools.

### examples

- He was dexterous with his fingers and could play any tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dexterous/#x1)
- The dexterous thief slipped the key from the guard's belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dexterous/#x2)
- A dexterous weaver made the finest cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dexterous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dexterous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dexterous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.