Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEX'TROUS
DEX'TROUS, a.
- Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual employment; adroit; as, a dextrous hand; a dextrous workman.
- Ready in the use of the mental faculties; prompt in contrivance and management; expert; quick at inventing expedients; as, a dextrous manager. Dextrous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. – Pope.
- Skillful; artful; done with dexterity; as, dextrous management.
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