Definition of dexter

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Dexter (a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side..

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Unfeaty :: Unfeaty (a.) Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.
Good :: Good (superl.) Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.
Ambidexter :: Ambidexter (n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.
Handsome :: Handsome (superl.) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
Dexter :: Dexter (a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left..
Artiste :: Artiste (n.) One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook..
Facility :: Facility (n.) Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art..
Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Tenne :: Tenne (n.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines..
Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus..
Passant :: Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised..
Ambidexter :: Ambidexter (n.) A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
Policy :: Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem..
Awk :: Awk (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
Right-handedness :: Right-handedness (n.) The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity..
Ambidexterity :: Ambidexterity (n.) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
Practice :: Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
Hende :: Hende (a.) Skillful; dexterous; clever.
Deftly :: Deftly (adv.) Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.
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