† dexteriouslyadv.
Obsolete.
A 17th cent. variant of dexterously adv.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill
listlyc1000
featouslya1375
featlyc1400
deftlya1500
expedient1509
deliverly1530
handsomely1530
courteouslya1533
neatlya1547
dexteriously1605
cleverly1614
featilya1640
dexterously1646
deft1805
neat1822
handily1832
as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4v [The Sophist] he calleth Left handed, because with all his rules..he cannot form a man so Dexteriously..as loue can do. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 56 Ol. Can you do it? Clo. Dexteriously, good Madona. View more context for this quotation
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C To play his part well, and dexteriously.
1663 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 8) sig. G7v/1 Dexteriously [1661 Dexterously], quickly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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