dexterous
Examples
I can understand that it may be advisable to cut off a man's arm in order to save his life; but it would be ridiculous to assert that he will be as dexterous as he was before he lost it.
Je peux comprendre qu'il soit opportun de couper le bras d'un homme pour lui sauver la vie ; mais il serait ridicule d'affirmer qu'il sera aussi habile qu'avant de l'avoir perdu.
The gymnastic exercises have for their object, health, and the dexterous use of the bodily faculties; but they never are exhibited in public, and made an occasion of show and display.
Les exercices de gymnastique visent la santé et l'usage adroit des facultés corporelles ; mais ils ne sont jamais exhibés en public ni transformés en occasions de parade et d'ostentation.
No one that I ever met with could go beyond Henry Maudslay himself in his dexterous use of the file.
Personne parmi ceux que j’ai connus ne surpassait Henry Maudslay lui-même dans l’usage habile de la lime.