Both Uses of
dexterity
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- He was very fond of driving by night, and she had very quickly adopted his fancy: as she sat next to him hour after hour, admiring the dexterous, certain way in which he handled the reins, she often wondered what went on in that slow-going head of his.†
Chpt 9 *dexterous = skillful
- Sir Andrew quickly and dexterously put out the flames and replaced the candelabra upon the table; but this had taken him a few seconds to do, and those seconds had been all that Marguerite needed to cast a quick glance at the paper, and to note its contents—a dozen words in the same distorted handwriting she had seen before, and bearing the same device—a star-shaped flower drawn in red ink.†
Chpt 12dexterously = adroitly (skillfully)
Definition:
adroitness (skill) -- with the hands or mind