Both Uses of
dexterity
in
Emma
- She then broke the lace off short, and dexterously throwing it into a ditch, was presently obliged to entreat them to stop, and acknowledged her inability to put herself to rights so as to be able to walk home in tolerable comfort.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- When the Westons arrived, the kindest looks of love, the strongest of admiration were for her, from both husband and wife; the son approached her with a cheerful eagerness which marked her as his peculiar object, and at dinner she found him seated by her—and, as she firmly believed, not without some dexterity on his side.†
Chpt 2.7-8
Definition:
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(dexterity) adroitness (skill) -- with the hands or mind