Etymology

dexterously

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Today it means: In a dexterous manner; skillfully; with precision. Full definition →

English dexterous ← Latin dexter ← Proto-Italic *deksteros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deḱs-terós
  3. Proto-Italic*deksteros
  4. Latindexter
  5. Englishdexterous
  6. English todaydexterously

From dexterous + -ly.

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