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dexterously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɛkst(ə)ɹəsli/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English dexterous Middle English -ly English -ly English dexterously From dexterous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a dexterous manner; skillfully; with precision.
   • Very interested, Dr Grimsby watched the saw follow the fine pencil line on the white pearwood as Peter dexterously twirled the veneers on the fretwork table, timing the movement of both hands precisely to put no strain on either the saw or the wood. 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 77:
   • He ducked dexterously, and the stool crashed to its own detriment against the wall. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 264:

Forms

Translations (20)

de gewandt (in a dexterious manner) · es diestramente (in a dexterious manner) · fr adroitement (in a dexterious manner) · cs obratně (in a dexterious manner) · fi kätevästi (in a dexterious manner) · fi taitavasti (in a dexterious manner) · pl zręcznie (in a dexterious manner) · et osavalt (in a dexterious manner) · de geschickt (in a dexterious manner) · ca destrament (in a dexterious manner) · pt destramente (in a dexterious manner) · ru проворно (in a dexterious manner) · fi näppärästi (in a dexterious manner) · fi ketterästi (in a dexterious manner) · it con destrezza (in a dexterious manner) · pt com destreza (in a dexterious manner) · it destramente (in a dexterious manner) · fr avec dextérité (in a dexterious manner) · ka მარჯვედ (in a dexterious manner) · es con destreza (in a dexterious manner)