dextrous

adj

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of dexterous.

   “Yet the ſubjects of the Byzantine empire were ſtill the moſt dextrous and diligent of nations;”

   “"[…]She was renowned as one of the most dextrous horse thieves and horse breakers in the tribe, and seldom permitted an expedition to go on a raid without her presence. The translation of her Apache title was ‘Dextrous Horse Thief’."”

   “Its fingers are longer, more flexible, and more dextrous than those of monkeys and can be moved individually.”