dextrously

1. 1.

   with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

   “dextrously he untied the knots”

   Synonymsdexterouslydeftly

Questions about dextrously

What does dextrously mean?

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

How many syllables are in dextrously?

dextrously has 3 syllables: dex-trou-sly. The stress falls on "dex".

What is another word for dextrously?

Close synonyms include dexterously, 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 dextrously a common word?

dextrously 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.