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Manual dexterity   Listen
noun
manual dexterity  n.  Adroitness in using the hands.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Manual dexterity" Quotes from Famous Books



... pay for failure with years of imprisonment, and once out try it again. That's one kind of criminal—the ninety-nine per-cent class—incurably stupid! There's another class, men whose imagination forewarns them of dangers and whose mental training, technical equipment and sheer manual dexterity enable them to attack a formidable proposition like a modern safe—by way of illustration—and force its secret. They're the successful criminals, like myself—but they're no less stupid, no less failures, ...
— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance

... She must see the end from the beginning, and must be able to find the way to produce that which she visualizes. She must be a keen observer. She must have confidence in her own power to create. She must possess manual dexterity, artistic ideas, and, if she aims at a business of her own, a pleasing personality and keen ...
— Vocational Guidance for Girls • Marguerite Stockman Dickson



Words linked to "Manual dexterity" :   adroitness, facility, deftness, dexterity, adeptness



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