dexterously

1. 1.

   with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

   “dextrously he untied the knots”

   Synonymsdextrouslydeftly

Questions about dexterously

What does dexterously mean?

dexterously means "with dexterity; in a dexterous manner".

How many syllables are in dexterously?

dexterously has 4 syllables: dex-te-rou-sly. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for dexterously?

Close synonyms include dextrously, deftly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dexterously a common word?

dexterously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.