dexterous
Very skilful and quick with your hands.
dexterous in a sentence
- The dexterous juggler kept five balls spinning through the air without dropping a single one.
- Gran's dexterous fingers can knit a whole scarf in an evening without dropping a single stitch.
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Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to dexterous?
- Afumbling
- Bawkward
- Cclumsy
- Dskilful
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D: skilful. The other three mean the opposite of dexterous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to dexterous?
- Adeft
- Bclumsy
- Cnimble
- Dskilful
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B: clumsy. The other three mean nearly the same as dexterous.
Words that mean something similar
skilful, nimble, deft
Words that mean the opposite
clumsy, awkward, fumbling
More words about movement & action
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- effortless: Done easily, without seeming to try hard at all.
- elevate: To lift something up to a higher position.
- elude: To cleverly escape from or avoid someone.
- embark: To begin a journey or a big new activity.
- emerge: To come out of somewhere and appear.
- encounter: To meet someone or something unexpectedly.
- energetic: Full of energy and always ready to be active.
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