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Meanings of very dexterous in English

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Usage of very dexterous in English
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The address was drawn up by a very dexterous hand, a master-hand.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
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They are very dexterous and nimble, but withal lazy in the high degree.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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Are not the savages very dexterous in the management of them?
A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
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They are very dexterous active fellows in their proas, which are very ingeniously built.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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The first archer who returned was a dark, quiet, clever fellow, very dexterous in small matters of mechanics.
Alarms and Discursions
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The prince, being very dexterous at a mark, thought to kill her with a stone, and still followed.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
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That is very dexterous indeed, Uncle Thomas; but surely all horses are not originally found in this wild state.
Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Hab...
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One very dexterous feat which the natives perform is to kill a bird as it flies from the nest.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
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He made many speeches in Parliament, which are all printed, but was not very dexterous in making extemporary replies.
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) / (Bell's Scottish History S...
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The mode in which this is managed so as to keep up some show of impartiality is very dexterous.
Famous Reviews, Selected and Edited with Introductory Notes by R...
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She knows Chapa must be very dexterous in Handcraft, for she has a great many green beads on her thong.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
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Inca Yupanqui, who was very dexterous in fighting, was assisting in every part, giving orders, combating, and animating his troops.
History of the Incas
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They grew very dexterous in avoiding any commitment as to the legal or moral bearings of the questions brought before them.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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They are very dexterous also in the art of temporizing with an enemy, and deluding him by a thousand little expedients.
Travels through the Empire of Morocco
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Belanger then held the canoe steady whilst St. Germain placed me in it and afterwards embarked himself in a very dexterous manner.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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They do in the same way with many other articles, so that they become trained to be very dexterous and keen traders.
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
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