Definition of "dexterity" []

• Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness. (noun)
• Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness. (noun)

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• "They must nourish those whose eye or ear or manual dexterity is their greatest asset."
• "Her dexterity is not notable either in comparison with the normal person, whose movements are guided by the eye, or, I am told, with other blind people."
• "Our language expresses this supremacy of the favoured side in the terms dexterity, adroitness and address, all of which allude to the right hand."