DEXTEROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dexterously mean? 

• DEXTEROUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb DEXTEROUSLY has 1 sense:

1. with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

  Familiarity information: DEXTEROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEXTEROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With dexterity; in a dexterous manner

Synonyms:

deftly; dexterously; dextrously

Context example:

dextrously he untied the knots

Pertainym:

dexterous (skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands)

 Context examples 

I was surprised, considering the fierce struggle in the forecastle, at the superficiality of his hurts, and I pride myself that I dressed them dexterously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Nothing in the world," was the reply; and, replacing the paper, I saw him dexterously tear a narrow slip from the margin.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It seems indeed to be a work that requires some exactness, but the professor assured us, “that if it were dexterously performed, the cure would be infallible.”

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

She then broke the lace off short, and dexterously throwing it into a ditch, was presently obliged to entreat them to stop, and acknowledged her inability to put herself to rights so as to be able to walk home in tolerable comfort.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)