Dĕx'ter-oŭs, a.

a. [Lat. dexter, q. v.] [Written also dextrous.]

1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; adroit; ready; as, a dextrous hand; a dextrous workman.
2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dextrous manager.

Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope. 3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dextrous management. Dexterous sleights of hand with which they imposed upon Pharaoh. Trench. Syn.—Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed.