English-Thai Dictionary

dexterity

N ความคล่องแคล่ว  ความว่องไว  kwam-klong-klaeo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEXTERITY

n.[L., right, fit, prompt. ] 1. Readiness of limbs; adroitness; activity; expertness; skill; that readiness in performing an action, which proceeds from experience or practice, united with activity or quick motion. We say, a man handles an instrument, or eludes a thrust, with dexterity.
2. Readiness of mind or mental faculties, as in contrivance, or inventing means to accomplish a purpose; promptness in devising expedients; quickness and skill in managing or conducting a scheme of operations. We say, a negotiation is conducted with dexterity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEXTERITY

Dex *ter "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F. dextérité. See Dexter. ]

 

1. Right-handedness.

 

2. Readiness and grace 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.

 

3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness. His wisdom. .. was turned. .. into a dexterity to deliver himself. Bacon. He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity. Hallam.

 

Syn. -- Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dexterity

dex ter i ty |dekˈsteritē dɛkˈstɛrədi | ▶noun skill in performing tasks, esp. with the hands: her dexterity with chopsticks | his record testifies to a certain dexterity in politics. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mental adroitness ’): from French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter ‘on the right. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dexterity

dexterity |dɛkˈstɛrɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands: her dexterity with chopsticks | his record testifies to a certain dexterity in politics. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mental adroitness ’): from French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter ‘on the right ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dexterity

dexterity noun 1 painting china demanded dexterity: deftness, adeptness, adroitness, agility, nimbleness, handiness, ability, talent, skill, proficiency, expertise, experience, efficiency, mastery, delicacy, knack, artistry, finesse. 2 his political dexterity: shrewdness, astuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence; ingenuity, inventiveness, cleverness, smartness; canniness, sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perspicacity, discrimination; cunning, artfulness, craftiness; informal horse sense, savvy, street smarts.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dexterity

dexterity noun 1 the hand-decorating of china demanded great dexterity: deftness, adeptness, adroitness, agility, nimbleness, handiness, ability, capability, talent, skilfulness, skill, proficiency, accomplishment, expertise, experience, efficiency, effortlessness, slickness, mastery, delicacy, knack, facility, artistry, sleight of hand, craft, finesse, felicity; informal niftiness, wizardry. ANTONYMS clumsiness. 2 his political dexterity: shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence; ingenuity, inventiveness, cleverness, smartness; sensitivity, alertness, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, discrimination, sagacity, sageness; cunning, artfulness, craftiness, wiliness, calculation, calculatedness; informal nous, horse sense, savvy; rare sapience, arguteness. ANTONYMS stupidity; insensitivity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dexterity

dex ter i ty /dekstérəti /名詞 U 1 (手先の )器用さ, 巧妙さ .2 利口さ, 抜け目なさ .