Definition of dexterity

"dexterity" in the noun sense

1. dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight

adroitness in using the hands

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Quotations for dexterity

Dexterity comes by experience. [ Proverb ]

Dexterity lends an air of ease to every action. [ G. Crabb ]

Dexterity or experience no master can communicate to his disciple. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Style seems to depend on three things:
1. a mental attitude and character,
2. a familiarity with the best authors,
3. dexterity in the use of words, acquired by constant practice.
So we must learn to speak by speaking, as we learn to walk by walking, or to dance by dancing. [ John Stuart Blackie, The Art Of Authorship, 1891 ]

The race is won as much by the dexterity of the rider as by the vigor and fleetness of the animal. [ Earl of Bath ]

Dexterity respects the manner of executing things; it is the mechanical facility of performing an office. [ Abbe Girard ]

A man who knows the world, will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know; and will gain more credit by the dexterity he displays in hiding his ignorance, than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition. [ Sir R. B. Cotton ]

dexterity in Scrabble®

The word dexterity is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dexterity:

DEXTERITY
(189)
DEXTERITY
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dexterity

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In dexterity

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dexterity in Words With Friends™

The word dexterity is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dexterity:

DEXTERITY
(207)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dexterity

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dexterity

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Words within the letters of dexterity

2 letter words in dexterity (6 words)

3 letter words in dexterity (17 words)

6 letter words in dexterity (8 words)

9 letter words in dexterity (1 word)

Words containing the sequence dexterity

Words that start with dexterity (1 word)

Words with dexterity in them (1 word)

Words that end with dexterity (2 words)

Word Growth involving dexterity

Shorter words in dexterity

ex dexter

it

Longer words containing dexterity

ambidexterity