manual dexterity
Skilled hand control
Manual dexterity is skill in using the hands, especially for fine, precise movements.
Surgeons, pianists, and watchmakers all require exceptional manual dexterity.
The term appears often in job descriptions and medical assessments: The position requires manual dexterity and attention to detail.
- nimble fingersAgile, precise manual dexterity
- pinchingSqueezing tightly between fingers
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- surgical precisionExtreme exactness in execution
sculpting · grip strength · steady hands · surgery · typing · knitting · puppeteer · sleight of hand · card tricks · embroidery · needle and thread · drawing · origami · prestidigitation · threading · lockpicking · assembling · model building
- motor skillsmotor skills, fine motor skills, motor control, gross motor skills, walking
- abilitiesstrength, agility, endurance, flexibility, mobility
- hand skillsfinger snapping, fine motor skills, grasping, hand coordination, pinch
- Organ Playingpedaling, registration, organ stops, pedal board, coupler
- traitshonesty, ambitious, brave, calm, kindness
- brain lateralitylaterality, handedness, brain lateralization, left-handedness, right-handedness
fine motor skill
manual dexterityclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
awkwardness · fumbling · ham-fistedness · uncoordination · maladroitness