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Meanings of dexterity in English

Portuguese
destreza
Spanish
destreza
Catalan
destresa

Skill in performing manual tasks.

        destreza
        Catalan
        traça
        Spanish
        pericia

        Adroitness in using the hands.

              traça
              Usage of dexterity in English
              1
              The work in hand called for the dexterity of the true artist.
              Stories from Everybody's Magazine
              2
              Secondary outcome was change in manual dexterity using the coin rotation task.
              Pubmed
              3
              Results: The robot provided an ergonomic surgical environment and remarkable dexterity enhancement.
              Pubmed
              4
              Your skill revives invalids; your dexterity animates them; your sensibility consoles them.
              The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
              5
              Dechen's shyness belies her great dexterity as she sets about her task.
              BBC
              6
              Earlier training in piano playing had given her a certain manual dexterity.
              The new yorker
              7
              In the tempest, Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage.
              History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
              8
              By a happy, unperplexed dexterity, Winckelmann solves the question in the concrete.
              The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
              9
              The mason-work of the doors was executed with great care and dexterity.
              James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
              10
              They watched Alma stop trying to walk or practice her dexterity skills.
              Reuters
              11
              Focusing on small, dexterity-associated tasks, on the other hand, may promote seasickness.
              Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
              12
              Sometimes this thought-quickness and happy dexterity had to be used in self-defence.
              Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
              13
              The dexterity with which he recapitulated these details produced the desired effect.
              The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. / Composed f...
              14
              This dexterity with the staff carried no warning to the enraged officer.
              The Goose Girl
              15
              Thou hast not the skill and dexterity of settling and composing differences.
              Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
              16
              Jennings congratulated himself on his dexterity in securing this piece of evidence.
              The Secret Passage
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              Translations for dexterity
              Portuguese
              destreza
              Dexterity through the time
              Dexterity across language varieties
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              United States of America
              Common