light-fingered

adjective

Definition of light-fingerednext
as in dextrous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-fingered
  1. adroit
  2. dexterous
  3. deft
  4. acrobatic
  5. pliant
Adjective
  • SpaceX is the implied template: Musk will advocate for privatizing the government, outsourcing the affairs of state to nimble entrepreneurs and adroit technologists.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Naturally, Moore is formidable, acing an English accent and exhibiting an adroit sense of comic timing.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Definition of adroit
Adjective
  • It's also fitted out with dexterous hands to expand its capabilities to more delicate tasks, like handling small items with both mitts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And boy did Spurs expose them, chiefly via the dexterous genius that is Dejan Kulusevski and the rejuvenated James Maddison.
    Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of dexterous
Adjective
  • But to watch Tanaka up close is a masterclass in how to run the show in midfield with deft touches of the ball and sprayed passes from impossible angles.
    Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Well, pretty gruesomely, but not without the deft emotional touch that marks the best of TMNT.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of deft
Adjective
  • People would float high on hot air balloons and parachute down, among other acrobatic feats.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But Deadpool & Wolverine handles this well by visiting the end location of Logan and establishing that Jackman is now playing a Wolverine from an alternate universe and is still highly capable of playing the fierce, acrobatic, and iconic X-Man.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of acrobatic
Adjective
  • During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Notably, Assad was pliant to the ayatollahs’ Iran, the theocratic state bent on reshaping the region in the name of Shi’ite jihad.
    Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of pliant
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lighter-than-air

light-fingered

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