dexterous

English

From Latin dexter (“right, ready”) + -ous.

dexterous (comparative more dexterous, superlative most dexterous)

Skillful with one's hands.
Skillful in some specific thing.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
  We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went without me.
Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
(figuratively, archaic) Skilled at argumentation; mentally skillful.
- 1775, speech by Edmund Burke
  […] the study [of law] renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense […]

skillful with one's hands

Bulgarian: сръчен (bg) (srǎčen), умел (bg) (umel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機巧 (zh), 机巧 (zh) (jīqiǎo), 靈巧 (zh), 灵巧 (zh) (língqiǎo)
Czech: zručný m
Finnish: kätevä (fi), näppärä (fi), kätevä käsistään
French: adroit (fr), habile (fr)
Galician: hábil m, f
Georgian: მარჯვე (marǯve), მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli), დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli), გაწაფული (gac̣apuli), ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri)
German: behänd (de), geschickt (de)
Italian: destro (it), abile (it), ingegnoso (it)
Japanese: 器用な (きような, kiyō-na)
Latvian: veikls
Macedonian: спретен m (spréten), умешен m (úmešen)
Manx: aghtal

Maori: haratau
Mapudungun: trüf
Polish: zręczny (pl) m, umiejętny (pl) m
Portuguese: hábil/habilidoso (com as mãos)
Romanian: abil (ro), îndemânatic (ro)
Russian: ло́вкий (ru) (lóvkij), прово́рный (ru) (provórnyj), уме́лый (ru) (umélyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вешт, вјешт

Roman: vešt (sh), vješt (sh)
Slovak: zručný m, šikovný m
Spanish: diestro (es), hábil (es), habiloso (es)
Swedish: händig (sv)
Turkish: eli çabuk (tr)

skillful in some specific thing

Bulgarian: ловък (bg) (lovǎk), сръчен (bg) (srǎčen), умел (bg) (umel), изкусен (bg) (izkusen), находчив (bg) (nahodčiv)
Catalan: destre (ca)
Crimean Tatar: çeber
Dutch: handig (nl)
Finnish: taitava (fi)
Georgian: დახელოვნებული (daxelovnebuli), ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri), გაწაფული (gac̣apuli)
German: geschickt (de), gewandt (de)
Italian: abile (it), svelto (it)
Latvian: veikls

agile; flexible

Bulgarian: ловък (bg) (lovǎk)
Finnish: ketterä (fi), jäntevä
Galician: áxil (gl) m, f
Georgian: მკვირცხლი (mḳvircxli), მარდი (mardi), მოძრავი (moʒravi), ცოცხალი (cocxali)
German: agil (de), flexibel (de), flink (de)
Italian: agile (it), aggraziato (it)
Latvian: veikls, vingrs

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