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dexterity
(encz) | dexterity,obratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dexterity
(encz) | dexterity,zručnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dexterity
(gcide) | Dexterity \Dex*ter"i*ty\, n. [L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F.
dext['e]rit['e]. See Dexter.]
1. Right-handedness.
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2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease
in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as,
dexterity with the chisel.
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In youth quick bearing and dexterity. --Shak.
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3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers;
quickness and skill in managing any complicated or
difficult affair; adroitness.
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His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity
to deliver himself. --Bacon.
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He had conducted his own defense with singular
boldness and dexterity. --Hallam.
Syn: Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill;
cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility;
aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill.
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dexterity
(wn) | dexterity
n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, {manual
dexterity}, sleight] |
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ambidexterity
(encz) | ambidexterity,licoměrnost n: Zdeněk Brožambidexterity,obojakost n: Zdeněk Brožambidexterity,obojetnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dexterity
(encz) | dexterity,obratnost n: Zdeněk Broždexterity,zručnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
manual dexterity
(encz) | manual dexterity,manuální zručnost n: Pino |
Ambidexterity
(gcide) | Ambidexterity \Am"bi*dex*ter"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using
both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility;
general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
--Sterne.
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Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent
powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity.
--De Quincey.
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2. Double-dealing. (Law) A juror's taking of money from the
both parties for a verdict.
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Indexterity
(gcide) | Indexterity \In`dex*ter"i*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + dexterity:
cf. F. indext['e]rit['e].]
Lack of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the
hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. --Harvey.
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manual dexterity
(gcide) | manual dexterity \manual dexterity\ n.
Adroitness in using the hands.
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ambidexterity
(wn) | ambidexterity
n 1: the property of being equally skillful with each hand [syn:
ambidexterity, ambidextrousness] |
dexterity
(wn) | dexterity
n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, {manual
dexterity}, sleight] |
manual dexterity
(wn) | manual dexterity
n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, {manual
dexterity}, sleight] |
mental dexterity
(wn) | mental dexterity
n 1: intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of
mind; "nimbleness of wit and imagination" [syn:
nimbleness, mental dexterity] |
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