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Definition
adroitness (skill) — with the hands or mind
- He had learned to despise technical dexterity.49-50 — Chapters 49-50 (52% in)
- Miss Chalice, who had a clever dexterity which impressed Lawson notwithstanding his contempt for feminine art, started a picture in which she tried to circumvent the commonplace by leaving out the tops of the trees; and Lawson had the brilliant idea of putting in his foreground a large blue advertisement of chocolat Menier in order to emphasise his abhorrence of the chocolate box.47-48 — Chapters 47-48 (36% in)
- You have a certain manual dexterity.51-52 — Chapters 51-52 (25% in)
There are no more uses of "dexterity" in Of Human Bondage.
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