dexterouslyadv.

Forms: Also dextrously.

Etymology: < dexterous adj. + -ly suffix². (See also dexteriously adv.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdexterously.

1. In a dexterous manner, with dexterity; adroitly, cleverly.

a. With manual dexterity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with physical skill

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deliverly1530

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neatlya1547

dexteriously1605

cleverly1614

featilya1640

dexterously1646

deft1805

neat1822

handily1832

as neat (also nice, right, etc.) as ninepence1857

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 191 Many women, and some men, who though they accustome themselves unto either hand, do dexterously make use of neither.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxiv. 145 And so neately, and dexterously retorted the ball.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ix. 109 A glass being dextrously inverted and shaken.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. viii. 117 Observing the manner in which I had disposed my books..he very dextrously displaced one of them.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 163 So dexterously has this thrust to be made.

b. With mental dexterity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb]

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craftlyOE

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1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. L3^v The good parts hee hath, hee will..use..dexterously .

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 44 The Condition of Lovers..so dexterously and delightfully describ'd.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 287 He explains very dextrously..the Expression of Phalaris.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 248 The small chasms of private history are so dextrously supplied.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 24 Dexterously accommodating his speech to the temper of his audience.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §6. 23 Scepticism dextrously fights one department against the other.

2. With the right hand. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adverb] > favouring one side

sinistrously1646

left-handed1766

dexterously1830

1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 888 We often stand..dexterously, and sinistrously fingering the string.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	dexterously
释义	dexterouslyadv. Forms: Also dextrously. Etymology: < dexterous adj. + -ly suffix². (See also dexteriously adv.)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdexterously. 1. In a dexterous manner, with dexterity; adroitly, cleverly. a. With manual dexterity. ΘΚΠ 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 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 191 Many women, and some men, who though they accustome themselves unto either hand, do dexterously make use of neither. View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxiv. 145 And so neately, and dexterously retorted the ball. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ix. 109 A glass being dextrously inverted and shaken. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. viii. 117 Observing the manner in which I had disposed my books..he very dextrously displaced one of them. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 163 So dexterously has this thrust to be made. b. With mental dexterity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb] craftilyeOE craftlyOE smeighlyc1200 slylyc1275 quaintlyc1300 wittily1362 cunninglyc1385 subtilelyc1405 knowinglyc1450 industriouslyc1487 ingeniously1548 cleanly1583 intelligently1601 dexterously1605 conceitedly1606 cleverly1654 gnostically1823 comprehendingly1866 brainily1905 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. L3^v The good parts hee hath, hee will..use..dexterously . View more context for this quotation 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 44 The Condition of Lovers..so dexterously and delightfully describ'd. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 287 He explains very dextrously..the Expression of Phalaris. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 248 The small chasms of private history are so dextrously supplied. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 24 Dexterously accommodating his speech to the temper of his audience. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §6. 23 Scepticism dextrously fights one department against the other. 2. With the right hand. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adverb] > favouring one side sinistrously1646 left-handed1766 dexterously1830 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 888 We often stand..dexterously, and sinistrously fingering the string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1605
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