Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dexterous

Dexterous , adjective

[Latin dexter. See Dexter.]

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