{
  "dexterous":{
    "skillful with the hands":{
      "examples":[
        "the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clever",
        "cunning",
        "deft",
        "handy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "agile",
        "flexible",
        "graceful",
        "limber",
        "lissome",
        "lissom",
        "lithe",
        "lithesome",
        "nimble",
        "spry",
        "coordinated",
        "able",
        "adept",
        "capable",
        "competent",
        "expert",
        "habile",
        "masterful",
        "masterly",
        "proficient",
        "qualified",
        "skilled",
        "skillful",
        "sure-handed",
        "double-jointed",
        "loose-jointed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "awkward",
        "bungling",
        "clumsy",
        "fumbling",
        "gauche",
        "gawky",
        "graceless",
        "klutzy",
        "rough-hewn",
        "stiff",
        "stilted",
        "uncomfortable",
        "uneasy",
        "ungainly",
        "ungraceful",
        "wooden",
        "uncoordinated",
        "incapable",
        "incompetent",
        "inept",
        "inexpert",
        "maladroit"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "butterfingered",
        "ham-fisted",
        "ham-handed",
        "handless",
        "heavy-handed",
        "unhandy"
      ]
    },
    "accomplished with trained ability":{
      "examples":[
        "dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adroit",
        "artful",
        "bravura",
        "deft",
        "delicate",
        "expert",
        "masterful",
        "masterly",
        "practiced",
        "practised",
        "skillful",
        "virtuoso",
        "workmanlike"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "facile",
        "smooth",
        "artistic",
        "creative",
        "fancy",
        "ingenious",
        "neat",
        "adept",
        "clever",
        "cunning",
        "able",
        "adequate",
        "capable",
        "competent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "awkward",
        "clumsy",
        "crude",
        "klutzy",
        "ineffective",
        "ineffectual",
        "incompetent",
        "inept"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "amateur",
        "amateurish",
        "artless",
        "rude",
        "unprofessional",
        "unskillful"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dextrous":{
    "skillful with the hands":{
      "examples":[
        "the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clever",
        "cunning",
        "deft",
        "handy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "agile",
        "flexible",
        "graceful",
        "limber",
        "lissome",
        "lissom",
        "lithe",
        "lithesome",
        "nimble",
        "spry",
        "coordinated",
        "able",
        "adept",
        "capable",
        "competent",
        "expert",
        "habile",
        "masterful",
        "masterly",
        "proficient",
        "qualified",
        "skilled",
        "skillful",
        "sure-handed",
        "double-jointed",
        "loose-jointed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "awkward",
        "bungling",
        "clumsy",
        "fumbling",
        "gauche",
        "gawky",
        "graceless",
        "klutzy",
        "rough-hewn",
        "stiff",
        "stilted",
        "uncomfortable",
        "uneasy",
        "ungainly",
        "ungraceful",
        "wooden",
        "uncoordinated",
        "incapable",
        "incompetent",
        "inept",
        "inexpert",
        "maladroit"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "butterfingered",
        "ham-fisted",
        "ham-handed",
        "handless",
        "heavy-handed",
        "unhandy"
      ]
    },
    "accomplished with trained ability":{
      "examples":[
        "dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adroit",
        "artful",
        "bravura",
        "deft",
        "delicate",
        "expert",
        "masterful",
        "masterly",
        "practiced",
        "practised",
        "skillful",
        "virtuoso",
        "workmanlike"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "facile",
        "smooth",
        "artistic",
        "creative",
        "fancy",
        "ingenious",
        "neat",
        "adept",
        "clever",
        "cunning",
        "able",
        "adequate",
        "capable",
        "competent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "awkward",
        "clumsy",
        "crude",
        "klutzy",
        "ineffective",
        "ineffectual",
        "incompetent",
        "inept"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "amateur",
        "amateurish",
        "artless",
        "rude",
        "unprofessional",
        "unskillful"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dexterity":{
    "mental skill or quickness":{
      "examples":[
        "the ambassador showed great dexterity in his handling of the touchy situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adroitness",
        "cleverness",
        "finesse",
        "sleight"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ability",
        "aptitude",
        "capability",
        "capacity",
        "faculty",
        "knack",
        "prowess",
        "talent",
        "competence",
        "competency",
        "efficiency",
        "expertise",
        "know-how",
        "proficiency",
        "ingeniousness",
        "ingenuity",
        "resourcefulness",
        "savvy",
        "sharpness",
        "shrewdness",
        "artfulness",
        "artifice",
        "caginess",
        "cageyness",
        "canniness",
        "craft",
        "craftiness",
        "cunning",
        "cunningness",
        "deviousness",
        "foxiness",
        "guile",
        "slickness",
        "slyness",
        "sneakiness",
        "subtleness",
        "wiliness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inadequacy",
        "incompetence",
        "incompetency",
        "ineptitude",
        "ineptness",
        "brainlessness",
        "denseness",
        "density",
        "doltishness",
        "dopiness",
        "dullness",
        "dulness",
        "dumbness",
        "fatuity",
        "foolishness",
        "mindlessness",
        "obtuseness",
        "senselessness",
        "simpleness",
        "slowness",
        "stupidity",
        "stupidness",
        "witlessness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "ease and grace in physical activity":{
      "examples":[
        "the juggler needed lots of dexterity in order to keep all five balls in the air at the same time"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agility",
        "deftness",
        "nimbleness",
        "sleight",
        "spryness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coordination",
        "flexibility",
        "gracefulness",
        "limberness",
        "litheness",
        "loose-jointedness",
        "suppleness",
        "handiness",
        "sure-handedness",
        "sure-footedness",
        "adeptness",
        "adroitness",
        "finesse",
        "prowess"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disability",
        "inability",
        "incapability",
        "incapacity",
        "debilitation",
        "disablement",
        "impairment",
        "incapacitation",
        "unhandiness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "awkwardness",
        "clumsiness",
        "gaucheness",
        "gawkiness",
        "gawkishness",
        "gracelessness",
        "ham-handedness",
        "heavy-handedness",
        "klutziness",
        "ungainliness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dexterities":{
    "mental skill or quickness":{
      "examples":[
        "the ambassador showed great dexterity in his handling of the touchy situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adroitness",
        "cleverness",
        "finesse",
        "sleight"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ability",
        "aptitude",
        "capability",
        "capacity",
        "faculty",
        "knack",
        "prowess",
        "talent",
        "competence",
        "competency",
        "efficiency",
        "expertise",
        "know-how",
        "proficiency",
        "ingeniousness",
        "ingenuity",
        "resourcefulness",
        "savvy",
        "sharpness",
        "shrewdness",
        "artfulness",
        "artifice",
        "caginess",
        "cageyness",
        "canniness",
        "craft",
        "craftiness",
        "cunning",
        "cunningness",
        "deviousness",
        "foxiness",
        "guile",
        "slickness",
        "slyness",
        "sneakiness",
        "subtleness",
        "wiliness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inadequacy",
        "incompetence",
        "incompetency",
        "ineptitude",
        "ineptness",
        "brainlessness",
        "denseness",
        "density",
        "doltishness",
        "dopiness",
        "dullness",
        "dulness",
        "dumbness",
        "fatuity",
        "foolishness",
        "mindlessness",
        "obtuseness",
        "senselessness",
        "simpleness",
        "slowness",
        "stupidity",
        "stupidness",
        "witlessness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "ease and grace in physical activity":{
      "examples":[
        "the juggler needed lots of dexterity in order to keep all five balls in the air at the same time"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agility",
        "deftness",
        "nimbleness",
        "sleight",
        "spryness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coordination",
        "flexibility",
        "gracefulness",
        "limberness",
        "litheness",
        "loose-jointedness",
        "suppleness",
        "handiness",
        "sure-handedness",
        "sure-footedness",
        "adeptness",
        "adroitness",
        "finesse",
        "prowess"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disability",
        "inability",
        "incapability",
        "incapacity",
        "debilitation",
        "disablement",
        "impairment",
        "incapacitation",
        "unhandiness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "awkwardness",
        "clumsiness",
        "gaucheness",
        "gawkiness",
        "gawkishness",
        "gracelessness",
        "ham-handedness",
        "heavy-handedness",
        "klutziness",
        "ungainliness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dexterously":{
    "as in deftly , skillfully":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ably",
        "adeptly",
        "adroitly",
        "competently",
        "deftly",
        "efficiently",
        "expertly",
        "masterfully",
        "proficiently",
        "skillfully",
        "easily",
        "easy",
        "effortlessly",
        "facilely",
        "fluently",
        "freely",
        "handily",
        "hands down",
        "lightly",
        "painlessly",
        "readily",
        "smoothly",
        "well",
        "instinctively",
        "intuitively",
        "naturally",
        "spontaneously"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "arduously",
        "hardly",
        "laboriously",
        "strenuously",
        "awkwardly",
        "clumsily",
        "gracelessly",
        "ham-handedly",
        "ineptly",
        "maladroitly",
        "unskillfully",
        "meticulously",
        "painfully",
        "painstakingly",
        "thoroughly",
        "assiduously",
        "diligently",
        "indefatigably",
        "industriously",
        "intensely",
        "intently",
        "mightily",
        "sedulously",
        "tirelessly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  }
}