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manual dexterity

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n.1.Adroitness in using the hands.
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Noun1.manual dexteritymanual dexterity - adroitness in using the hands
dexterity, sleight
adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness, facility - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
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The main dependence was on bodily strength and manual dexterity.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
His custom rapidly diminished--a misfortune, however, that was probably reckoned among his better accidents by Owen Warland, who was becoming more and more absorbed in a secret occupation which drew all his science and manual dexterity into itself, and likewise gave full employment to the characteristic tendencies of his genius.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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