deft, dexterous, dextrous
(adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; “a deft waiter”; “deft fingers massaged her face”; “dexterous of hand and inventive of mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dexterous (comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous)
Skillful with one's hands.
Skillful in some specific thing.
Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
(figurative, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dex"ter*ous, a. Etym: [L. dexter. See Dexter.] [Written also dextrous.]
1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope.
3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." Trench.
Syn.
– Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2025
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
