dexterity

Borrowed from Middle French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter (“on the right”)

• IPA^(key): /dɛksˈtɛɹɪti/

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dexterity (countable and uncountable, plural dexterities)

1. Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.

   Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity.

   She twirled the pencil through her fingers with impressive dexterity.

• dexterous
• ambidextrous