dexterous (DEK-struhs, -stuhr-uhs) adjective, also dextrous

   1. Skillful or adroit, mentally or bodily.

   2. Right-handed.

[From Latin dexter, right-hand, skillful.]

   "Paul Frazier was quietly dexterous on bass, always the stealth weapon
   in Mr. Byrne's music."
   Ann Powers, Same As He Ever Was, But More Appreciated, The New York Times,
   May 15, 2001.

This week's theme: words for physical characteristics used to describe people
figuratively.

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The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same. -Heraclitus,
philosopher (Ca. 540-470 BCE)

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