Meanings of dexterous use in English

Trenton could not but admire the knowledge of these two men and their dexterous use of it.

His instinct for self-preservation was strong, and he had confidence in his dexterous use of the necessary weapons.

No one that I ever met with could go beyond Henry Maudslay himself in his dexterous use of the file.

Burr knew the private history, the income, of every man he purposed to convert, and made dexterous use of his information.

By a dexterous use of the vine, he gained the first race, struck down his competitor, and cut off his head.

One surgeon, who heard the tale, observed, to the distaste of the wonder-mongers, that possibly Zanoni made a dexterous use of electricity.

Everything and anything capable of being converted into a souvenir by the dexterous use of the engraving tool was handled by me indiscriminately.

He began to work rapidly, twisting the clothes around Gregg's thigh, which he had first laid bare by some dexterous use of a hunting knife.