dexterity
noun/dekˈsterəti/
/dekˈsterəti/
[uncountable]- skill in using your hands or your mind
- You need good manual dexterity to be a dentist.
- mental/verbal dexterity
Extra Examples- She handled the discussion with dexterity.
- Video games demand great manual dexterity.
- Desirable qualities for this type of career include charm, verbal dexterity and charisma.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- manual
- demand
- require
- have
- …
- with dexterity
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mental skill’): from French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter ‘on the right’.Want to learn more?
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