indexterously

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adverb

In an indexterous manner.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adverbindexterously (comparative more indexterously, superlative most indexterously)

comparative more indexterously · superlative most indexterously

  1. In an indexterous manner.

    Our professional carpet-layers would have smiled at the many times Hetty hit the tacks as she went indexterously to work.

    1894, Nellie Lowe Willmott, A Dash of Red Paint, page 8
    2 more examples

    The foundation of the thing rests wholly indexterously freeing the matter of its superfluous moisture, and bringing it out of a semi-fluid state, wherein it is always exposed to a farther fermentation, or destructive alteration;

    1761, Peter Shaw, Essays for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 93

    Masked type have been used in place of quadrats, and in one instance so indexterously that the strange word ' idiotime' has crept into the text.

    1864, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Review

Origin

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