Dexterous vs Artful - What's the difference?
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Skillful with one's hands.
Skillful in some specific thing
* 1719 ,
Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artificial; imitative.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
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Dexterous is a related term of artful.
As adjectives the difference between dexterous and artful
is that dexterous is skillful with one's hands while artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.dexterous
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* dextrousAdjective
(en adjective)- 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.
See also
* adroit * active * expert * skillful * clever * able * ready * apt * handy * versedExternal links
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*artful
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}