Meaning of indextrous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not dextrous; maladroit.
2. Not manual.

Equivalents

Examples

“He may think Memaw's consistent failure to strike him with the broom is a function of her indextrous skill with the broom used in this uncustomary manner.”

“Charlie's inveterate clumsiness extends to indextrous misapplications of perfume, especially new ones whose atomizers she hasn't mastered.”

“In their handshake we feel no understanding; we feel an indextrous hand that is not held to the equipment of our culture.”

“Preoccupied in this moment with looking foolish or indextrous in public, Trump displays a deep sensitivity for decorum and order—the semblance of which allows him, in turn, to “grab 'em by the pussy.””

“No one better than he knew that an indextrous education is but half an education ; unless the hand have its delight as well as the brain, man expresses himself only in part.”

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