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situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

Dexterous. [Obs.]

e in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel. In youth quick bearing and dexterity. Shak.

in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.

In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton.

The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.

Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey.

Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply. "Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant."…

The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.

The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.

Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden.

In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic. This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume.

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]