skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
(尤指用手做事的)灵巧;熟练
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her dexterity with chopsticks 她对筷子的运用自如
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his record testifies to a certain dexterity in politics .他的履历证明他有一定的政治手腕。
"early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mental adroitness’): from French