All 3 Uses of
dexterity
in
Of Human Bondage
- 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.†
Chpt 47-48
- He had learned to despise technical dexterity.†
Chpt 49-50 *
- You have a certain manual dexterity.†
Chpt 51-52
Definition:
adroitness (skill) -- with the hands or mind