Sample sentences for DEXTERITY

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adroitness (skill) — with the hands or mind

The study found that video games improve hand dexterity and mental spatial ability.

dexterity = adroitness (skill) — physical and/or mental

He was valued everywhere for his industry, dexterity, and strength at work, and still more for his kindly and pleasant temper.
Tolstoy, Leo -- Master and Man
You have a certain manual dexterity.
Maugham, W. Somerset -- Of Human Bondage
my admirable dexterity of wit, my counterfeiting the action of an old woman,
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor

dexterity = adroitness (skill)

All the buildings and trees seemed easily practicable to such dexterous climbers as the Morlocks,
H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine

dexterous = physically adroit (skillful in movements)

He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar.
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

dexterous = skillful

He dexterously pulled his feet out of the valenki,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

dexterously = adroitly (skillfully)

...much pleased was he with me for my dexterity in catching the fish,
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe

dexterity = adroitness (skill) — with the hands or mind

Once inside, Mack methodically shed the layers of outerwear as best he could, his half-frozen fingers responding with about as much dexterity as oversized clubs at the ends of his arms.
William P. Young -- The Shack

dexterity = adroitness (skill)

Mary didn't realize until months later that he'd been studying her hands, checking their dexterity and strength to see how they'd stand up to hours of delicate cutting, scraping, tweezing, and pipetting.
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

dexterity = nimbleness (skill in moving)

...he tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast;
Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point,
And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats
Cold death aside, and with the other sends It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity
Retorts it:
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

dexterity = adroitness (skill)

...the pattern of my life—that complex design I had been weaving since birth with all its dark threads, its unexplainable symbols set against a conventional background of domestic white and schoolboy blue, all those tangled strands which required the dexterity of a virtuoso to keep flowing—
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

dexterity = adroitness (skill) — with the hands or mind

And really never could any be more dexterous in rowing than my faithful servant, making the boat go as fast again as I could.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
As I was very well pleased, you may be sure at the launching of this man of war of mine, I was no less amazed to behold with what dexterity my man would manage her, turn her, and paddle her along.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Unwilling was I to spend our last shot too suddenly, and therefore calling my other servant, and giving him a horn of powder, bid him lay a large train quite along the timber, which he did, while Friday was charging my fusee and his own, with the greatest dexterity.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
First, I had some servants, whom I proposed to leave there, as they should appear willing; there were two carpenters, a smith, and a very ingenuous fellow who was Jack-of-all-trades; for he was not only a cooper by trade, but also he was dexterous at making wheels and hand-mills to grind corn, likewise a good turner, and a good pot-maker.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Curiosity, and a desire of satisfaction, animating me with courage to see this scene of barbarity, I took my man Friday with me, putting a sword into his hand, with the bow and arrows at his back, which I perceived he could use very dexterously, causing him to carry one gun for me, and I two for myself; and thus equipped against all attacks, away we marched directly to the place of their bloody entertainment.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
I was indeed agreeably surprised at the mentioning this match, which seemed very suitable, the one being a very ingenious fellow, and the other an excellent, dexterous, and sensible housewife, fit to be governess of the whole island; so we married them the same day; and as I was her father, and gave her away, so I gave her a handsome portion, appointing her and her husband a convenient large space of ground for their plantation.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Immediately he fell to work, and never was a grave-digger more dextrous in the world than he was; for in an instant, as I might say, he scraped a large hole in the sand with his hands, sufficient to bury the first in; there he dragged him; and without any ceremony he covered him over; in like manner he saved the other; so that I am sure no undertaker could be more expert in his business, for all this was done in less than a quarter of an hour.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
...by their sides; we also had hatchets sticking in our girdles, besides the fire-arms: nay, two of the women, inspired with Amazonian fortitude, could not be dissuaded from fighting along with their dear husbands, and if they died, to die with them, Seeing their resolution, we gave them hatchets likewise; but what pleased them best, were the bows and arrows (which they dexterously knew how to use) that the Indians had left behind them, after their memorable battle one against another.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe

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