dexterousness
81skill — n. 1. Skilfulness, dexterity, dexterousness, aptness, adroitness, readiness, facility, expertness, cleverness, quickness, knack, address, ingenuity, ability, art, aptitude. 2. Discrimination, discernment, understanding, wit, knowledge …
82cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked …
83dexterity — facility, ease, *readiness Analogous words: dexterousness, adroitness, deftness (see corresponding adjectives at DEXTEROUS): expertness, adeptness, skillfulness, proficiency (see corresponding adjectives at PROFICIENT) Antonyms: clumsiness… …
84artifice — n 1. stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; intrigue, plot, plan, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; maneuver, feint, deception, sleight, coup, blow, stroke;… …
85cleverness — n 1. brightness, brilliance, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, sharp wittedness, braininess; gift, giftedness, endowment, genius, precocity, parts; talent, flair, bent, turn, forte; intelligence, aptness, smartness, agility, quickness, quick… …
86efficiency — n 1. competence, competency, fitness, fittedness, qualification, eligibility, preparedness, readiness; capability, capableness, commensurability, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; mastery, authority, expertness, expertise;… …
87ingenuity — n 1. cleverness, wittiness, shrewdness, canniness, subtleness, cunning, cunningness, slyness, wiliness, craftiness, foxiness, Inf. cuteness; sagaciousness, sagacity, aptness, smartness; keenness, acuteness, sharpness, brilliance, brightness. 2.… …
88knack — n talent, aptitude, aptness, forte, gift, genius, endowment; ability, bent, turn for, faculty, capacity, qualification, propensity, readiness, quickness; skill, skillfulness, adroitness, facility, finesse, art; proficiency, competence, dexterity …
89know-how — n 1. expertise, knowledge, expertness, savoir faire, mastery, experience; proficiency, adeptness, capableness, capability, competence. 2. faculty, ability, ableness, talent, gift, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; skill,… …
90lightness — I n 1. brightness, illumination, luminescence, luminosity, radiation; luminousness, brilliance, radiance, lambency, luster, shine, effulgence, irradiation, glow, florescence, incandescence, phosphorescence; blare, glare. 2. paleness, whitishness …
