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dexterity

[dek-ster-i-tee] / dɛkˈstɛr ɪ ti /


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He handles a violin and a sniper’s rifle with equal dexterity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

At an event in Berlin, Hartung stressed the importance of the components in improving the dexterity of robots.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Its hands – still a major robotics challenge – lack strength and dexterity, and it has no proper wrists yet.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Some scientists believe this could eventually lead to more expressive digital instruments, smarter training tools, and even rehabilitation systems that use musical movement to improve dexterity and coordination.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

It wasn’t just the understanding of machinery, it was the dexterity, the talent within his fingers themselves, as if they automatically knew what to do.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

The crusty paint on ragged burlap, the blurred and bulbous shapes, can only be made to look tragic within the context of Klee's earlier dexterities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides instinctive aptitudes, which are exhibited in almost equal perfection by all the members of the same species, there are acquired dexterities which depend on individual opportunities.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

Art, accordingly, means every regulated operation or dexterity whereby we pursue ends which we know beforehand; and it means nothing but such operations and dexterities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

So next day, Lemoyne, deploying his natural graces and his dramatic dexterities, drew away the curtain.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake

Discipline, the dexterities of strategy, an enlightened courage, and the tremendous force of esprit de corps were alike nullified.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles




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