Synonyms: adroit
Definition: quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Usage: an exceptionally adroit pianist; an adroit technician; his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers; an adroit negotiator
Definition: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Usage: he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek; a clean throw; the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Similar words: cunning, clever, ingenious
Definition: showing inventiveness and skill
Usage: a clever gadget; the cunning maneuvers leading to his success; an ingenious solution to the problem
Similar words: co-ordinated, coordinated
Definition: being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements
Usage: she was usually good with her hands and well coordinated- Mary McCarthy
Similar words: deft, dexterous, dextrous
Definition: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Usage: a deft waiter; deft fingers massaged her face; dexterous of hand and inventive of mind
Similar words: handy
Definition: skillful with the hands
Usage: handy with an axe
Similar words: nimble-fingered, light-fingered
Definition: having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
Usage: a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault- Harry Hansen; the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era- Time
Similar words: quick-witted
Definition: mentally nimble and resourceful
Usage: quick-witted debater; saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact