Dexterously
['dɛkstrɔrsli]
Definition
(adv.) with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; 'dextrously he untied the knots'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a dexterous manner; skillfully.
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Examples
- I know it was a slight knowledge,' said Mr Meagles, dexterously forestalling an angry interruption which he saw about to break. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You can have no idea how dexterously he manages these slippery Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- See ye how dexterously they avail themselves of every cover which a tree or bush affords, and shun exposing themselves to the shot of our cross-bows? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He had laid out a dexterously concerted scheme for his private amusement. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nothing in the world, was the reply; and, replacing the paper, I saw him dexterously tear a narrow slip from the margin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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