Reverse Dictionary: DEXTEROUS

ADJECTIVES
► DEXTERICAL dexterous, adroit, skilful → 1607 obs.
► FEAT of movements: dexterous, graceful → 1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
► FEATOUS dexterous → 1755 obs.
► FLY of the fingers: dexterous, nimble, skilful → 1834
► GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike → a1300 Eng. dial.
► GEMMY ► GIMMY ► JEMMY ► JIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous → 1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous → 1485
► HAGHER skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit → c1200 obs.
► NACKY ingenious; dexterous → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NEAT-HANDED having a deft manner of handling things; dexterous → 1632
► NEFFOW dexterous with the hands → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NICK-NACKIE dexterous or skilful in doing any piece of delicate work → 19C Sc.
► RAD quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated → a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED skilful, dexterous → 1661 obs.
► SLEIGHTFUL full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous → 1380 obs.
► SLY marked or characterized by skill or dexterity; showing skilfulness or ingenuity; cleverly or finely made → 1297 obs.
► SUBTILE of persons: clever, dexterous, skilful → c1374 obs.
► SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous → a1300 arch.
► TALL OF HIS HANDS ready, active, deft, skilful with one’s hands; dexterous, handy → 1530 obs.
► TWO-HANDED using both hands equally well, ambidextrous; dexterous, handy, efficient → 1861

ADVERBS
► FEATOUSLY of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly → c1350 obs.
► GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANDSOMELY skilfully, dexterously, cleverly → 1551 obs.
► SUBTILELY cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity → c1400 obs.
► SUBTILLY cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity → c1400 obs.
► SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly → c1350 arch.

NOUNS
► HANDSOMENESS skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency → 1555 obs.
► HICCIUS DOCIUS a formula used by a juggler when performing a trick; a feat of dexterity; a clever trick → L17
► MALADDRESS want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness → 1804
► SUBTILTY skill, cleverness, dexterity → c1386 obs.
► SUBTLETY skill, cleverness, dexterity → c1375 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► DAB a clever or dexterous person; a skilful person; an expert; a proficient; an adept → 1691
​► DEVELER a celebrated boxer; a dexterous young fellow → 19C Sc.