English-Thai Dictionary

dexterous

ADJ คล่องแคล่ว (โดยเฉพาะ การ ใช้ มือ ทำ สิ่ง ต่างๆ  ว่องไว  ชำนาญ  apt adroit neat unadept clumsy klong-klaeo

 

dexterous

ADJ เฉลียวฉลาด  หลักแหลม  adroit maladroit cha-liao-cha-lad

 

dexterously

ADV อย่าง ชำนาญ แคล่วคล่อง 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEXTEROUS

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.

 

DEXTEROUSLY

DEXTEROUSLY Dex "ter *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

 

DEXTEROUSNESS

DEXTEROUSNESS Dex "ter *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dexterous

dex ter ous |ˈdekst (ə )rəs ˈdɛkst (ə )rəs |(also dextrous ) ▶adjective demonstrating neat skill, esp. with the hands: dexterous accordion playing. • mentally adroit; clever: power users are dexterous at using software, rather than creating it. DERIVATIVES dex ter ous ly adverb, dex ter ous ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mentally adroit, clever ’): from Latin dexter ‘on the right ’ + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dexterous

dexterous |ˈdɛkst (ə )rəs |(also dextrous ) ▶adjective showing or having skill, especially with the hands: a dexterous keyboard player. DERIVATIVES dexterously adverb, dexterousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mentally adroit ’): from Latin dexter ‘on the right ’ + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dexterous

dexterous adjective 1 a dexterous flick of the wrist: deft, adept, adroit, agile, nimble, neat, handy, able, capable, skillful, skilled, proficient, expert, practiced, polished; efficient, effortless, slick, professional, masterly; informal nifty, mean, ace. ANTONYMS clumsy. 2 his dexterous accounting abilities: shrewd, ingenious, inventive, clever, intelligent, brilliant, smart, sharp, acute, astute, canny, intuitive, discerning, perceptive, insightful, incisive, judicious; cunning, artful, crafty, wily; informal on the ball, quick off the mark, quick on the uptake, brainy, savvy. ANTONYMS stupid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dexterous

dexterous adjective 1 a dexterous flick of the wrist: deft, adept, adroit, agile, nimble, neat, nimble-fingered, handy, able, capable, talented, skilful, skilled, proficient, accomplished, expert, experienced, practised, polished, efficient, effortless, slick, professional, masterful, masterly, impressive, finely judged, delicate; informal nifty, nippy, mean, wicked, ace, wizard, crack; rare habile. ANTONYMS clumsy. 2 Klein had achieved notoriety for his dexterous accounting abilities: shrewd, ingenious, inventive, clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, smart, sharp, sharp-witted, razor-sharp, acute, quick, quick-witted, astute, canny, intuitive, discerning, perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, incisive, sagacious, wise, judicious; cunning, artful, crafty, wily, calculating; informal on the ball, quick off the mark, quick on the uptake, brainy, streetwise, savvy; Brit. informal suss; N. Amer. informal heads-up; dated, informal long-headed; rare argute, sapient. ANTONYMS stupid.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dexterous

dex ter ous /dékst (ə )rəs /形容詞 1 (手先の )器用な, たくみな, じょうずな .2 利口な, 抜け目のない .～ly 副詞 器用に .